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English Dictionary: pronounce by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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?"
    Synonym(s): pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
  2. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
    Synonym(s): pronounce, label, judge
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}.
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