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Pronunciation : Pro*nounce"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. prononcer, L. pronunciare; pro before, forth + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce. See Announce.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Pronounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Pronounging.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pro*nounce"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pro*nounce"
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation. [Obs.] Milton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913