medializev.
/ˈmiːdɪəlʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈmidiəˌlaɪz/ Phonetics. rare.
transitive. To voice (a consonant); to make (a consonant) a (voiced) unaspirated stop.
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vocalize1700
medialize1861
voice1871
intonate1875
1861 W. Stokes Middle-Cornish Poem in Trans. Philol. Soc. App. 88 These forms have all lost an initial p which is preserved in the Vedic pibâmi, and medialized in Lat. bibo.
1902 Amer. Anthropologist 4 25 The earlier Abenakis may have only partially medialized their consonants after vowels.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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