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phonate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb phonate has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
phonate, v.intr. utter a vocal sound.
Derivative
phonation n. phonatory adj.
Etymology
Gk phone voice
THESAURUS
phonate
articulate, breathe, chime, chorus, come out with, communicate, convey, deliver, disclose, emit, enunciate, express, fling off, formulate, give, give expression, give out with, give tongue, give utterance, give voice, impart, let out, lip, out with, phrase, pour forth, present, pronounce, put forth, put in words, raise, say, set forth, sound, tell, throw off, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper, word
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