voice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɔɪs/
rhymes: -ɔɪs
Forms: form: voices
form: voicing
form: voiced
form: voiced
form: voyce
Etymology: From Middle English voysen, voicen, from the noun (see above).
Senses: examples: text: He voiced the sentiments of the nation.
text: How often he would voice his love of England, his admiration of her Parliament, his pride in her history.
ref: 1893, Annie Wood Besant, An Autobiography:
text: Rather assume thy right in silence and […] then voice it with claims and challenges.
ref: 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Great Place”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
text: It was voiced that the king purposed to put to death Edward Plantagenet.
ref: 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:
glosses: To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
examples: text: voice the pipes of an organ
glosses: To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
glosses: To vote; to elect; to appoint
examples: text: If thou wilt give me Davids heart; Ile voyce, / Great God, with David; and make Davids choyce.
ref: 1638, Francis Quarles, Divine Fancies: Digeſted Into Epigrammes, Meditations, and Obſervations, London: Iohn Marriot, page 67:
text: It is not the gift of every Perſon, nor of every Age, to harangue the multitude, to Voice it high and loud, & Dominari in Concionibus.
ref: 1666, Robert South, A ſermon preached at Lambeth-Chappel on the 25th of November […] , London: William Nott:
text: How wou'd they voice it o're and o're for Tachmas / To come, and blunt the edge of War agen!
ref: 1682, Thomas Southern, The Loyal Brother, Or The Perſian Prince, London: William Cademan, page 29:
text: [L]ambs are glad / Nosing the mother's udder, and the bird / Makes his heart voice among the blaze of flowers: […]
ref: 1868, Alfred Tennyson, “Lucretius”, in The Holy Grail and Other Poems, London: Strahan and Co., […], published 1870, →OCLC, page 211:
glosses: To clamor; to cry out
examples: text: I would like this script to allow me to notice not only the ops in a channel, but also those that have been voiced by the ops, at the same time.
ref: 2001 November 22, Thom Peppard, “assistance please”, in alt.irc (Usenet), message-ID <B8225C66.240B%thompeppard@tru.eastlink.ca>:
text: If you then want others to be able to talk, you can voice them (+v) or if you want everyone able to talk, you can remove the moderation flag on the channel (-m).
ref: 2004 August 1, Remco Rijnders, “moderating an IRC session”, in alt.irc (Usenet), message-ID <opsb1625xn32ljov@news.xs4all.nl>:
topics: IRC
glosses: To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
examples: text: The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek.
ref: 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
Related terms: vocable
vocabulary
vocal
vocalization
vocalize
vocation