pronouncev. t.[F. prononcer, L. pronunciare; pro before, forth + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce. See Announce.]()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.)()v. i.()1. To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly.(Earle.)2. To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence.(Dr. H. More.)n. Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation.(Milton.)