| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| lenitions | LENITION, a change in articulation |
| lenition | a change in articulation |
| weaken | to change (a speech sound) to an articulation requiring less effort, as from geminate to nongeminate or from stop to fricative |
| lenited | to undergo lenition; be pronounced with weakened articulation, as when the consonant sound p changes to b,b to v, or v to w |
| lenites | to undergo lenition; be pronounced with weakened articulation, as when the consonant sound p changes to b,b to v, or v to w |
| lenite | to undergo lenition; be pronounced with weakened articulation, as when the consonant sound p changes to b,b to v, or v to w |
