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delabialize

[dee-ley-bee-uh-lahyz]

verb (used with object)

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



verb (used without object)

delabialized, delabializing 
  1. (of a speech sound) to lose its labial character.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of delabialize1

First recorded in 1870–75; de- + labialize

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