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  • verb linguistics To precede a spoken vowel sound with a "y" sound, as the u in "pure" and "cute".

Etymologies

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1854 pre-iotized, 1874 iotization, iotized, 1890 iotised, 1906 iotise. Adapted from Ancient Greek ἰωτίζω (iōtizō, "I write with an iota"). Compare iota.

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