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vocable


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vocable  \Vo"ca*ble\,  n.  [L.  vocabulum  an  appellation, 
  designation,  name  fr  vocare  to  call  fr  vox,  vocis,  a 
  voice,  a  word:  cf  F.  vocable.  See  {Voice}.] 
  A  word  a  term;  a  name  specifically,  a  word  considered  as 
  composed  of  certain  sounds  or  letters,  without  regard  to  its 
  meaning. 
 
  Swamped  near  to  drowning  in  a  tide  of  ingenious 
  vocables.  --Carlyle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vocable 
  n  :  a  word  that  is  spoken  aloud  [syn:  {spoken  word}] 




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