Point \Point\ (point), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pointed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Pointing.] [Cf. F. pointer. See Point, n.]
1. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or
file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil.
Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral.
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2. To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at
a wolf, or a cannon at a fort.
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3. Hence, to direct the attention or notice of.
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Whosoever should be guided through his battles by
Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them. --Pope.
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4. To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to
point a composition.
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5. To mark (a text, as in Arabic or Hebrew) with vowel
points; -- also called vocalize.
Syn: vocalize. [1913 Webster + RP]
6. To give particular prominence to; to designate in a
special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the
error was pointed out. --Pope.
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He points it, however, by no deviation from his
straightforward manner of speech. --Dickens.
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7. To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game.
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8. (Masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by
introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it
to a smooth surface.
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9. (Stone Cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
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To point a rope (Naut.), to taper and neatly finish off the
end by interweaving the nettles.
To point a sail (Naut.), to affix points through the eyelet
holes of the reefs.
To point off, to divide into periods or groups, or to
separate, by pointing, as figures.
To point the yards (of a vessel) (Naut.), to brace them so
that the wind shall strike the sails obliquely. --Totten.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Vocalize \Vo"cal*ize\ (v[=o]"kal*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Vocalized (v[=o]"kal*[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Vocalizing (v[=o]"kal*[imac]*z[i^]ng).] [Cf. F. vocaliser.]
1. To form into voice; to make vocal or sonant; to give
intonation or resonance to.
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It is one thing to give an impulse to breath alone,
another thing to vocalize that breath. --Holder.
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2. To practice singing on the vowel sounds.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vocalize
v 1: utter with vibrating vocal chords [syn: voice, sound, vocalise]
[ant: devoice]
2: sing with one vowel [syn: vocalise]
3: pronounce as a vowel; "between two consonants, this liquid
is vowelized" [syn: vocalise, vowelize, vowelise]
4: express or state clearly [syn: articulate, enunciate, vocalise]
5: utter speech sounds [syn: vocalise, phonate]
WordNet (r) 2.0
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "vocalize":
anthem, articulate, ballad, breathe, carol, chant, chatty, chime,
chirp, chirrup, choir, chorus, come out with, communicate, convey,
croon, deliver, descant, disclose, do-re-mi, emit, enunciate,
express, fling off, formulate, garrulous, give, give expression,
give out with, give tongue, give utterance, give voice, hum, hung,
hymn, impart, intonate, intone, let out, lilt, lip, loquacious,
minstrel, out with, phonate, phrase, pipe, pour forth, present,
pronounce, psalm, put forth, put in words, quaver, raise, roulade,
say, serenade, set forth, shake, silver-tongued, sing,
sing in chorus, slick, smooth, sol-fa, solmizate, sound, talk,
talkative, tell, throw off, tremolo, trill, troll, tune, tweedle,
tweedledee, twit, twitter, utter, verbalize, voice, voluble,
warble, well, whisper, whistle, windy, word, yodel
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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