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To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.

hat in which the medicine enters the system through the skin, being applied either to the sound skin, or to the surface denuded of the cuticle by a blister.

To utter; to articulate. The student should be able to enounce these [sounds] independently. A. M. Bell.

The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in "nimble" from AS. nemol.

Inserted in the body of a word; as, an epenthetic letter or sound.

An equal sounding; the consonance of the unison and its octaves.

Of the same or like sound.

e vocabulary is very largely based upon words common to the chief European languages, and sounds peculiar to any one language are eliminated. The spelling is phonetic, and the accent (stress) is always on the penult. -- Es`pe*ran"tist (#), n.

Such a due mixture of qualities in bodies as constitutes health or soundness. Quincy.

Soundness of the nutritive or digestive organs; good concoction or digestion; -- opposed to dyspepsia.

Pertaining to, or exhibiting, euphony; agreeable in sound; pleasing to the ear; euphonious; as, a euphonic expression; euphonical orthography.

Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding. Hallam. -- Eu*pho"ni*ous*ly, adv.

An agreeable combination of sounds; euphony.

A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.

Healthy nutrition; soundless as regards the nutritive functions.

ation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc. Exclamations against abuses in the church. Hooker. Thus will I drown your exclamations. Shak. A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion.…

Small; slender; thin; fine. [Obs.] "An exile sound." Bacon.

at which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound. The aspirate "he," which is . . . a gentle expiration. G. Sharp.

A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice.

ations or interpretations; a commentary. You know the law; your exposition Hath been most sound. Shak.