enounce
[ ih-nouns ]
/ ɪˈnaʊns /
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
Origin of enounce
Related formse·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 KingsleyAgainst such cautions I rebelled with a mute, indignant impulse, which I was not old enough to enounce or to argue.
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) ClerkeSuffice 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 Formsenouncement, noun
Word Origin for enounce
C19: from French énoncer, from Latin ēnuntiāre enunciate
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