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Pronounce

Pro-nounce', v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. PRONOUNCED (pro-nounst'); p. pr. & vb. n. PRONOUNCING.] [Fr. prononcer, Pr., Sp., & Pg. pronunciar, It. pronunciare, pronunziare, Lat. pronunciare, from pro, before, forth, and nunciare, to announce, from nuncius, a messenger.]

  1. To utter articulately; to utter; to speak distinctly; as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly.
  2. To utter formally, officially, or solemnly; as, the court pronounced sentence of death on the criminal.

*Sternly he pronounced The rigid interdiction. Milton.*

  1. To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; as, to pronounce an oration.
  2. To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud.

Syn.—To deliver; utter; speak. See DELIVER.

Pro-nounce’, v. i.

verbintransitive

To speak; to make declaration; to utter an opinion. [R.] “How confidently soever men pronounce of themselves.” Decay of Piety.

Pro-nounce', n.

noun

n. The act of pronouncing or declaring; declaration. [Obs.]