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  1. 1. v. t. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as, to pronounce an oration. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. i. To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. i. To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation. Source: opted
  8. 8. v. speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way Source: wordnet
  9. 9. v. pronounce judgment on Source: wordnet
  10. 10. 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. Milton. 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. Shak. 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. Keble. Syn. -- To deliver; utter; speak. See Deliver. 1. To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly. Earle. 2. To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence. [R.] Dr. H. More. Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation. [Obs.] Milton. Source: webster
  11. 11. Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation. [Obs.] Milton. Source: adambom
  12. 12. v:100 v. speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way v. pronounce judgment on Source: ecdict

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