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English Dictionary: enunciate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enunciate
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?"
    Synonym(s): pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
  2. express or state clearly
    Synonym(s): articulate, enunciate, vocalize, vocalise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enunciate \E*nun"ci*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enunciated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Enunciating}.] [L. enuntiatus, -ciatus, p. p.
      of enuntiare, -ciare. See {Enounce}.]
      1. To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim;
            to declare, as a truth.
  
                     The terms in which he enunciates the great doctrines
                     of the gospel.                                    --Coleridge.
  
      2. To make distinctly audible; to utter articulately; to
            pronounce; as, to enunciate a word distinctly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enunciate \E*nun"ci*ate\, v. i.
      To utter words or syllables articulately.
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