denasalize
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[edit]denasalize (third-person singular simple present denasalizes, present participle denasalizing, simple past and past participle denasalized)
- (transitive, phonetics) To remove the nasal airflow of what is usually a nasal stop or nasal vowel.
- 1974, Indian Linguistics, volumes 35-36, page 223:
- Thus, whining is nasalized, a bad cold denasalizes speech.