"ventriloquize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: ventriloquizes [present, singular, third-person], ventriloquizing [participle, present], ventriloquized [participle, past], ventriloquized [past]
Etymology: ventriloquy + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ventriloquy|ize}} ventriloquy + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} ventriloquize (third-person singular simple present ventriloquizes, present participle ventriloquizing, simple past and past participle ventriloquized)
  1. (intransitive) To practice ventriloquism. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-ventriloquize-en-verb-AoBvMPNO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 49 51
  2. (transitive) To speak the words of (another person), as though by ventriloquism. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-ventriloquize-en-verb-qPup918Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ventriloquise Related terms: ventriloquism

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