 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pronounce
verb
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}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pronounce \Pro*nounce"\, verb (used without an object)
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pronounce \Pro*nounce"\, noun
Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation. [Obs.] --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pronounce \Pro*nounce"\, verb (used with an object) [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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
126 Moby Thesaurus words for "pronounce":
act on, affirm, allege, announce, annunciate, argue, articulate,
assert, assever, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, bid, breathe,
broadcast, call on, call the signals, call upon, charge, chime,
chorus, come out with, command, commission, communicate, condemn,
contend, convey, declare, declare roundly, decree, deliver,
dictate, direct, disclose, doom, emit, enjoin, enunciate, express,
find, find against, find for, fling off, formulate, give,
give an order, give expression, give notice, give out with,
give the word, give tongue, give utterance, give voice, have, hold,
impart, insist, instruct, issue a command, issue a manifesto,
issue a statement, issue a writ, judge, lay down, let out, lip,
maintain, make a statement, make an announcement, make known,
mandate, manifesto, ordain, order, order about, out with, pass,
pass judgment, pass sentence, phonate, phrase, pour forth,
predicate, present, proclaim, profess, promulgate,
pronounce judgment, pronounce on, protest, publicize, publish,
publish a manifesto, put, put forth, put in words, put it, put out,
raise, report, return a verdict, rule, say, say the word, sentence,
set down, set forth, sound, speak, speak out, speak up, stand for,
stand on, state, submit, tell, throw off, utter, utter a judgment,
verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper, word
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