To produce sound with the voice. The singer vocalized beautifully during the performance.
To express or articulate something in words. She vocalized her concerns about the new policy during the meeting.
To utter a sound or word distinctly. The child vocalized each letter of the alphabet clearly.
To sing without words, using only vowel sounds. The choir vocalized the melody before adding the lyrics.
To supply a written consonantal text (especially in Semitic scripts) with vowel points or other diacritics. The scholar carefully vocalized the ancient Hebrew manuscript.
Phonetics: to turn a consonant into a vowel-like or voiced sound. In some accents the final /l/ in 'people' vocalizes to a /w/-like sound.