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(1):

(n.) A sonant letter.

(2):

(a.) Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; - sid of the vowels, semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b, d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc., which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate.

(3):

(a.) Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sonant'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sonant.html. 1828.
 
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