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 ] | 
