enounce

[ ih-nouns ]

/ ɪˈnaʊns /

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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.

Nearby words

enough, enough is enough, enough rope, give someone, enough said, enough to sink a ship, enounce, enovid, enow, enphytotic, enplane, enprint

Origin of enounce

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

Related forms

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

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Examples from the Web for enounce

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
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
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
Suffice it to have proved that both Old and New Testament enounce the judgment.
The City of God, Volume II|Aurelius Augustine

British Dictionary definitions for enounce

enounce

/ (ɪˈnaʊns) /

verb (tr) formal

to enunciate

to pronounce

Derived Forms

enouncement, noun

Word Origin for enounce

C19: from French énoncer, from Latin ēnuntiāre enunciate

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