Ventriloquised

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To perform the act of speaking without moving the lips, typically using a puppet or dummy ; to express or speak on behalf of another person or group as their voice
2. To skillfully imitate speech by projecting the voice from elsewhere, often using a figure as a medium ; to represent the words or opinions of another individual or entity
3. To produce speech while appearing not to move the lips, usually in connection with puppetry ; to articulate thoughts or statements attributed to someone else

Etymology: "Ventriloquised" is the British spelling of the past tense and past participle of "ventriloquise," which means to speak in a way that makes the voice seem to come from somewhere other than the speaker, often through a puppet. The root is the Latin "venter," meaning belly, combined with "loqui," to speak, so the original sense was literally speaking from the belly. The idea rests on an old belief that the voice came from the stomach, a notion that the Latin name preserves even though the trick relies on the mouth and throat.

Synonyms: talked, spoke