bevoice

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From be- +‎ voice.

Verb[edit]

bevoice (third-person singular simple present bevoices, present participle bevoicing, simple past and past participle bevoiced)

  1. (rare, transitive) To give voice to; endow with a voice.
    • 1977, Alekseĭ Remizov, The fifth pestilence:
      [...] the parson silent, unable to utter any word or to make any disposition, and his speech returned suddenly when his wife, who had tried all means to bevoice the old man, decided on an extreme measure ; and taking a twenty-five rouble note, []