pronounging

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pronounging - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]
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     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.
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     2. To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree
        or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.
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              Sternly he pronounced
              The rigid interdiction.               --Milton.
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     3. To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as,
        to pronounce an oration.
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              Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to
              you.                                  --Shak.
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     4. To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a
        libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud.
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              The God who hallowed thee and blessed,
              Pronouncing thee all good.            --Keble.
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     Syn: To deliver; utter; speak. See Deliver.
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