Definition of "palatalise" [palatalise]

• Alternative spelling of palatalize. (verb)

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• "Occasionally with the combination sû there is a tendency to palatalise fully and pronounce the"
• "But most words do not palatalise: assûme has the y sound, as can sûit, while sûture and sûper have a plain s sound."
• "Occasionally with the combination sû there is a tendency to palatalise fully and pronounce the s as sh, as for example in sûre certain, which BrE speakers can make sound like the name Shåw, and which never sounds like sewêr waste,"