Enounce

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]