pal·a·tal·ize [ pállət'l z ](past and past participlepal·a·tal·ized, present participlepal·a·tal·iz·ing, 3rd person present singularpal·a·tal·iz·es)
transitive verb
Definition:
1. produce at hard palate: to make a speech sound by raising the tongue to or toward the hard palate
2. make more palatal: to alter a speech sound in pronunciation by placing the tongue closer to the hard palate rather than to the teeth, alveolar ridge, or velum
