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What does velarize mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word velarize? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (phonology) To raise the back of the tongue toward the velum while articulating another consonant, such as the l of English pool.
  2. (phonology) To replace a (usually more front) consonant with a velar.
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While sonorants are usually retained, liquid sonorants often vocalize, and nasals assimilate to a following consonant or velarize.

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