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velarise

verb

Meaning

  1. To raise the back of the tongue toward the velum while articulating another consonant, such as the l of English pool.
  2. To replace a (usually more front) consonant with a velar.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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