Category:Pronounce

Pro*nounce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pronounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Pronounging.] Etym: [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.

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 Pro*nounce", n.

Defn: pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation. [obs.] Milton.