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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pronounced \Pro*nounced"\, adjective [F. prononc['e].] Strongly marked; unequivocal; decided.
[His] views became every day more pronounced. --Thackeray.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: strongly marked; easily noticeable; "walked with a marked limp"; "a pronounced flavor of cinnamon" [syn: {marked}]
2: produced by the organs of speech
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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