Definition of voice

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Voice (v. t.) To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper.

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Sing :: Sing (v. t.) To utter with musical infections or modulations of voice.
Tract :: Tract (v.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons..
Execute :: Execute (v. t.) To perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument or with the voice; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly..
Sweetbrier :: Sweet-breasted (a.) Having a sweet, musical voice, as the nightingale. Cf. Breast, n., 6..
Accent :: Accent (n.) Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent..
Human :: Human (a.) Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human voice; human shape; human nature; human sacrifices..
Bellow :: Bellow (v. t.) To emit with a loud voice; to shout; -- used with out.
Contralto :: Contralto (a.) Of or pertaining to a contralto, or to the part in music called contralto; as, a contralto voice..
Vocalize :: Vocalize (v. t.) To form into voice; to make vocal or sonant; to give intonation or resonance to.
Mellifluous :: Mellifluous (a.) Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or smoothly; as, a mellifluous voice..
Soprano :: Soprano (n.) A singer, commonly a woman, with a treble voice..
Quaver :: Quaver (v. i.) Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a musical instrument.
Tone :: Tone (n.) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone..
Whisper :: Whisper (n.) A low, soft, sibilant voice or utterance, which can be heard only by those near at hand; voice or utterance that employs only breath sound without tone, friction against the edges of the vocal cords and arytenoid cartilages taking the place of the vibration of the cords that produces tone; sometimes, in a limited sense, the sound produced by such friction as distinguished from breath sound made by friction against parts of the mouth. See Voice, n., 2, and Guide to Pronunciation, //
Whisper :: Whisper (v. t.) To address in a whisper, or low voice..
Squeaker :: Squeak (n.) A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly utered, either of the human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as is made by carriage wheels when dry, by the soles of leather shoes, or by a pipe or reed..
Solo :: Solo (a.) A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice..
Septette :: Septette (n.) A musical composition for seven instruments or seven voices; -- called also septuor.
Terzetto :: Terzetto (n.) A composition in three voice parts; a vocal (rarely an instrumental) trio.
Whisperingly :: Whisperingly (adv.) In a whisper, or low voice; in a whispering manner; with whispers..
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