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Pronounce
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What's The Definition Of Pronounce?
[v] pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
[v] 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?" Synonyms | Synonyms for Pronounce: articulate | enounce | enunciate | judge | label | say | sound out Related Terms | Find terms related to Pronounce: See Also | accent | accentuate | acquit | adjudge | aspirate | assoil | clear | click | convict | declare | devoice | discharge | disqualify | drawl | exculpate | exonerate | explode | find | flap | hold | intonate | intone | labialise | labialize | lilt | lisp | mispronounce | mouth | nasalise | nasalize | palatalise | palatalize | qualify | raise | retroflex | roll | round | rule | sibilate | sound | speak | stress | subvocalise | subvocalize | syllabise | syllabize | talk | tout | trill | twang | utter | verbalise | verbalize | vocalise | vocalize | voice | vowelise | vowelize Pronounce In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
\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. \Pro*nounce"\, n. Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation. [Obs.] --Milton. |
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