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delabialize

American

[dee-ley-bee-uh-lahyz] / diˈleɪ bi əˌlaɪz /

verb (used with object)

delabialized, delabializing

to deprive (a sound) of labial character, as in unrounding a vowel.

verb (used without object)

delabialized, delabializing

(of a speech sound) to lose its labial character.

Etymology

Origin of delabialize

First recorded in 1870–75; de- + labialize

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