v. [f. as prec. + -IZE.]
1. trans. To modify or produce by means of vowel-sounds. Hence Vowelized ppl. a.
1816. J. Gilchrist, Philos. Etym., 59. The vowelized softness of Greek, Italian, French,… proceeds from the same cause.
2. To render vocalic. In quot. absol.
1867. A. M. Bell, Visible Sp., 87. Then vowelize or expand and tensify the configuration to remove the friction of the breath.
1896. St. Albans Daily Messenger, 13 July, 2/3. The collector of rags and bottles, who vowelizes them into ‘raggi-botti.’
3. To supply with vowel-points or signs representing vowels.
1883. American, VI. 314. ‘Tom Brown’s School-Days’ will be immediately issued in the easy reporting style [of shorthand], fully vowelized.
