enounce

[ih-nouns]

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verb (used with object), e·nounced, e·nounc·ing.

to utter or pronounce, as words; enunciate.
to announce, declare, or proclaim.
to state definitely, as a proposition.

Origin of enounce

1795–1805; e-¹ + (an)nounce, modeled on French énoncer < Latin ēnuntiāre to tell; see enunciate

Related formse·nounce·ment, nounun·e·nounced, adjective

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Related Words for enounce

state, vocalize, pronounce, enunciate, articulate, say, voice

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Historical Examples of enounce

Suffice it to have proved that both Old and New Testament enounce the judgment.
The City of God, Volume II
Aurelius Augustine
Thus perplexed, Fox Talbot hesitated in 1826 to enounce this fundamental principle.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century
Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
Against such cautions I rebelled with a mute, indignant impulse, which I was not old enough to enounce or to argue.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866
Various
For, to enounce with fitting clearness a great but much-forgotten truth, To have an opinion, you must have an opinion.
Sanitary and Social Lectures and Essays
Charles Kingsley

British Dictionary definitions for enounce

enounce

verb (tr) formal

to enunciate
to pronounce

Derived Formsenouncement, noun

Word Origin for enounce

C19: from French énoncer, from Latin ēnuntiāre enunciate

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