Enounce \E*nounce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enounced; p. pr. &
vb. n. Enouncing.] [F. ['e]noncer, L. enuntiare; e out +
nuntiare to announce, fr. nuntius messenger. See Nuncio,
and cf. Enunciate.]
1. To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or
argument. --Sir W. Hamilton.
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2. To utter; to articulate.
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The student should be able to enounce these [sounds]
independently. --A. M. Bell.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
enounce
v : speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces
French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'";
"Can the child sound out this complicated word?" [syn: pronounce,
articulate, sound out, enunciate, say]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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