Hypertext Webster Gateway: "denounced"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.]

Denouncing wrath to come. --Milton.

I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely
perish. --Deut. xxx.
18.

2. To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some
outward sign or expression.

His look denounced desperate. --Milton.

3. To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment,
etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure
upon; to stigmatize.

Denounced for a heretic. --Sir T. More.

To denounce the immoralities of Julius C[ae]sar.
--Brougham.

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