Denounce /(?)/

De·nounce

Denounce

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Denounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Denouncing

  1. To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil). [Obs.]
    Denouncing wrath to come.
    I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish.
    — Deut. xxx. 18.
  2. To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression.
    His look denounced desperate.
  3. To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize.
    Denounced for a heretic.
    — Sir T. More.
    To denounce the immoralities of Julius Cæsar.