Definition of pronounce

• 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.
• v. t. - To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.
• v. t. - To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as, to pronounce an oration.
• v. t. - To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud.
• v. i. - To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly.
• v. i. - To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence.
• n. - Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation.