pronounce

pronounce
    v 1: speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She
         pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip
         wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
         [syn: {pronounce}, {articulate}, {enounce}, {sound out},
         {enunciate}, {say}]
    2: pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
       [syn: {pronounce}, {label}, {judge}]
    

Pronounce \Pro*nounce"\, n.
   Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation. [Obs.] --Milton.
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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}.]
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   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.
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   2. To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree
      or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.
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            Sternly he pronounced
            The rigid interdiction.               --Milton.
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   3. To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as,
      to pronounce an oration.
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            Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to
            you.                                  --Shak.
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   4. To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a
      libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud.
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            The God who hallowed thee and blessed,
            Pronouncing thee all good.            --Keble.
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   Syn: To deliver; utter; speak. See {Deliver}.
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Pronounce \Pro*nounce"\, v. i.
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   1. To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce
      faultlessly. --Earle.
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   2. To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with
      confidence. [R.] --Dr. H. More.
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      verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper, word