What does occluse mean?
Occluse means (obsolete) shut; closed.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(obsolete) shut; closed.
[it] gives their Speech [German] a different Tang from ours: to soften the Occluse Gingival Consonants, by a kind of Mixture or ſoft addition of a Spirital in the ſame Articulation, to a Vocal producing the Vowel
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Occluse means (obsolete) shut; closed.
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[it] gives their Speech [German] a different Tang from ours: to soften the Occluse Gingival Consonants, by a kind of Mixture or ſoft addition of a Spirital in the ſame Articulation, to a Vocal producing the Vowel
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