pro·nounce [ prə nównss ](past and past participlepro·nounced, present participlepro·nounc·ing, 3rd person present singularpro·nounc·es)
verb
Definition:
1. transitive and intransitive verb utter sounds or words: to articulate sounds or words, especially in a way acceptable to the person to whom they are spoken or by most speakers of a language
2. transitive and intransitive verb formally declare something: to declare something officially to be the case
3. transitive verb give judgment: to render an opinion or judgment
4. transitive verb phonetics symbolize sound of word: to indicate with symbols how a word should be spoken
[14th century. Via Old French pronuncier< Latin pronuntiare "announce before" < nuntiare "announce"]
