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n. Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pronounced p. pr. & vb. n. Pronounging ] [ F. prononcer, L. pronunciare; pro before, forth + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce. See Announce. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sternly he pronounced
The rigid interdiction. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as, to pronounce an oration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud. [ 1913 Webster ]

The God who hallowed thee and blessed,
Pronouncing thee all good. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To deliver; utter; speak. See Deliver. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. L. pronunciabilis declarative. ] Capable of being pronounced. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. prononcé. ] Strongly marked; unequivocal; decided. [ A Gallicism ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ His ] views became every day more pronounced. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of pronouncing; a declaration; a formal announcement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who pronounces, utters, or declares; also, a pronouncing book. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as pronunciation; -- a common misspelling (written only). [ misspelling ] [ PJC ]