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Enouncing
(gcide) | Enounce \E*nounce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enounced; p. pr. &
vb. n. Enouncing.] [F. ['e]noncer, L. enuntiare; e out +
nuntiare to announce, fr. nuntius messenger. See Nuncio,
and cf. Enunciate.]
1. To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or
argument. --Sir W. Hamilton.
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2. To utter; to articulate.
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The student should be able to enounce these [sounds]
independently. --A. M. Bell.
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denouncing
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renouncing
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Denouncing
(gcide) | Denounce \De*nounce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denounced; p. pr. &
vb. n. Denouncing.] [F. d['e]noncer, OF. denoncier, fr. L.
denuntiare, denunciare; de- + nunciare, nuntiare, to
announce, report, nuntius a messenger, message. See Nuncio,
and cf. Denunciate.]
1. To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare;
to proclaim (especially an evil). [Obs.]
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Denouncing wrath to come. --Milton.
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I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely
perish. --Deut. xxx.
18.
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2. To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some
outward sign or expression.
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His look denounced desperate. --Milton.
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3. To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment,
etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure
upon; to stigmatize.
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Denounced for a heretic. --Sir T. More.
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To denounce the immoralities of Julius C[ae]sar.
--Brougham.
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Renouncing
(gcide) | Renounce \Re*nounce"\ (r[-e]*nouns"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Renounced (-nounst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Renouncing
(-noun"s?ng).] [F. renoncer, L. renuntiare to bring back
word, announce, revoke, retract, renounce; pref. re- re- +
nuntiare to announce, fr. nuncius, a messenger. See Nuncio,
and cf. Renunciation.]
1. To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to
refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to
disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne.
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2. To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss;
to forswear.
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This world I do renounce, and in your sights
Shake patiently my great affliction off. --Shak.
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3. (Card Playing) To disclaim having a card of (the suit led)
by playing a card of another suit.
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To renounce probate (Law), to decline to act as the
executor of a will. --Mozley & W.
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Syn: To cast off; disavow; disown; disclaim; deny; abjure;
recant; abandon; forsake; quit; forego; resign;
relinquish; give up; abdicate.
Usage: Renounce, Abjure, Recant. -- To renounce is to
make an affirmative declaration of abandonment. To
abjure is to renounce with, or as with, the solemnity
of an oath. To recant is to renounce or abjure some
proposition previously affirmed and maintained.
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From Thebes my birth I own; . . . since no
disgrace
Can force me to renounce the honor of my race.
--Dryden.
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Either to die the death, or to abjure
Forever the society of man. --Shak.
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Ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as violent and void.
--Milton.
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