Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pronounce"
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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?" [syn: {articulate},
{enounce}, {sound out}, {enunciate}, {say}]
2: pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
[syn: {label}, {judge}]
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