Definition of Pronounce. Meaning of Pronounce. Synonyms of Pronounce
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Definition of Pronounce
Pronounce Pronounce Pro*nounce", v. i.
1. To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce
faultlessly. --Earle.
2. To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with
confidence. [R.] --Dr. H. More.
Pronounce Pronounce Pro*nounce", n.
Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation. [Obs.] --Milton.
Pronounce Pronounce Pro*nounce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pronounced; p.
pr. & vb. n. Pronounging.] [F. prononcer, L. pronunciare;
pro before, forth + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce. See
Announce.]
1. To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to
utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper
sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a
foreign language correctly.
2. To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree
or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.
Sternly he pronounced The rigid interdiction.
--Milton.
3. To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as,
to pronounce an oration.
Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to
you. --Shak.
4. To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a
libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud.
The God who hallowed thee and blessed, Pronouncing
thee all good. --Keble.
Syn: To deliver; utter; speak. See Deliver.
