slur
verb (used with object)
to pass over lightly or without due mention or consideration (often followed byover ).
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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The tone of his voice will change and he will slur his intervals, after the approved manner of the street-singer.
From The Merry-Go-Round by Carl Van Vechten