Thesaurus: iotize
iotize (third-person singular simple present iotizes, present participle iotizing, simple past and past participle iotized) (transitive) (linguistics) To precede a spoken vowel sound with a "y" sound, as the u in "pure" …
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- iotize (third-person singular simple present iotizes, present participle iotizing, simple past and past participle iotized) (transitive) (linguistics) To precede a spoken vowel sound with a "y" sound, as the u in "pure" and "cute".