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lipread [lip-reed] ExamplesWord Origin verb (used with object), lip·read [lip-red] /ˈlɪpˌrɛd/, lip·read·ing [lip-ree-ding] /ˈlɪpˌri dɪŋ/.
- to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker’s lips without hearing the sounds made.
verb (used without object), lip·read [lip-red] /ˈlɪpˌrɛd/, lip·read·ing [lip-ree-ding] /ˈlɪpˌri dɪŋ/.
- to use lipreading.
Compare speechread. Origin of lipread First recorded in 1890–95; lip + read1 Related formslip·read·er, noun Examples from the Web for lip-read Contemporary Examples of lip-read
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Historical Examples of lip-read
After a moment, the psychologist turned his head to the doctor and Bennington lip-read the word, “hypno.”
John Joseph McGuire
They can gain knowledge by sight, he maintained; can write, converse by signs, speak and lip-read.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10
Various
Mrs. Ambrose thought he was talking about domestic servants, because she had lip-read the word “cook.”
A. P. Herbert
British Dictionary definitions for lip-read lip-read verb -reads, -reading or -read (-ˈrɛd)
- to interpret (words) by lip-reading
Word Origin and History for lip-read v.
1880, back-formation from lip-reading, which is attested from 1852 in writings on educating deaf-mutes; from lip (n.) + reading.