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Verb: pronounce  pru'nawn(t)s
  1. Say (a word, phrase or syllable) in a certain way
    "She pronounces French words in a funny way";
    - articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
     
  2. Officially declare a judgment on someone
    "They pronounced him unfit to work here";
    - label, judge
     
  3. State emphatically and authoritatively
    - declare

Derived forms: pronounced, pronouncing, pronounces

Type of: adjudge, declare, hold, say, state, tell

Encyclopedia: Pronounce