From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vocalize
v 1: utter with vibrating vocal chords [syn: {voice}, {sound},
{vocalize}, {vocalise}] [ant: {devoice}]
2: sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel
[syn: {vocalize}, {vocalise}]
3: pronounce as a vowel; "between two consonants, this liquid is
vowelized" [syn: {vocalize}, {vocalise}, {vowelize},
{vowelise}]
4: express or state clearly [syn: {articulate}, {enunciate},
{vocalize}, {vocalise}]
5: utter speech sounds [syn: {vocalize}, {vocalise}, {phonate}]
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