English Dictionary: pronounce | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pronounce \Pro*nounce"\, n. Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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}. |