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Pronounging
(gcide) | 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.]
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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.
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2. To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree
or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.
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Sternly he pronounced
The rigid interdiction. --Milton.
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3. To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as,
to pronounce an oration.
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Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to
you. --Shak.
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4. To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a
libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud.
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The God who hallowed thee and blessed,
Pronouncing thee all good. --Keble.
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Syn: To deliver; utter; speak. See Deliver.
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