Pronounce /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Pronounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Pronounging

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.

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.

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.

1. To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly.
2. To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence. [R.]

1. Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation. [Obs.]