enounce

[ ih-nouns ]

verb (used with object)

, e·nounced, e·nounc·ing.

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

enounce

/ ɪˈnaʊns /

verb

1. to enunciate
2. to pronounce

Derived Forms

• eˈnouncement, noun

Other Words From

• e·nouncement noun
• une·nounced adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of enounce¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of enounce¹

C19: from French énoncer, from Latin ēnuntiāre enunciate

Example Sentences

For, to enounce with fitting clearness a great but much-forgotten truth, To have an opinion, you must have an opinion.

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Against such cautions I rebelled with a mute, indignant impulse, which I was not old enough to enounce or to argue.

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Thus perplexed, Fox Talbot hesitated in 1826 to enounce this fundamental principle.

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Suffice it to have proved that both Old and New Testament enounce the judgment.

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