lipread

lipread
lipreader, n.
/lip"reed'/, v., lipread /-red'/, lipreading.
v.t.
1. to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips without hearing the sounds made.
v.i.
2. to use lipreading. Cf. speechread.
[1890-95; LIP + READ1]

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