Enunciate

4 definitions found

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

  Enunciate \E*nun"ci*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enunciated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Enunciating}.] [L. enuntiatus, -ciatus, p. p.
     of enuntiare, -ciare. See {Enounce}.]
     1. To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim;
        to declare, as a truth.
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              The terms in which he enunciates the great doctrines
              of the gospel.                        --Coleridge.
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     2. To make distinctly audible; to utter articulately; to
        pronounce; as, to enunciate a word distinctly.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Enunciate \E*nun"ci*ate\, v. i.
     To utter words or syllables articulately.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  enunciate
       v 1: 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}, {enounce}, {sound out}, {say}]
       2: express or state clearly [syn: {articulate}, {vocalize}, {vocalise}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  88 Moby Thesaurus words for "enunciate":
     advance, affirm, allege, announce, annunciate, argue, articulate,
     assert, assever, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, breathe, chime,
     chorus, come out with, communicate, contend, convey, declare,
     declare roundly, deliver, develop, disclose, emit, express,
     fling off, formulate, give, give expression, give notice,
     give out with, give tongue, give utterance, give voice, have, hold,
     impart, insist, issue a manifesto, issue a statement, lay,
     lay down, let out, lip, maintain, make a statement,
     make an announcement, manifesto, out with, outline, phonate,
     phrase, postulate, pour forth, predicate, present, proclaim,
     profess, pronounce, protest, publish a manifesto, put, put forth,
     put in words, put it, raise, report, say, set down, set forth,
     sound, speak, speak out, speak up, stand for, stand on, state,
     submit, tell, throw off, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice,
     whisper, word