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enounce, v.|ɪˈnaʊns|
[ad. F. énoncer, ad. L. ēnuntiā-re (see enunciate), after the analogy of announce.]
1. trans. To state (a proposition, principle, opinion) in definite terms; = enunciate.
1805Foster Ess. iv. iii. 152 Whatever sentences will justly enounce them. 1837–8Sir W. Hamilton Logic xv. (1866) I. 281 The Antecedent comprises the two propositions, the one of which enounces the general rule. 1851Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. I. 199 The proposition is incontestable yet incompletely enounced. 1878Dowden Stud. Lit. 144 Wordsworth's theory..was perhaps not enounced with perfect clearness.
2. To state publicly; to proclaim.
1807T. Thomson Chem. II. 222 Landriani..enounced the alteration of lime-water by it [carbonic acid gas] as a proof of his opinion. 1829Southey Sir T. More II. 233 [To] enounce without disguise the most revolutionary sentiments. 1834Fraser's Mag. X. 722 Plunkett enounced..the following to be his deliberate sentiments.
3. To utter, pronounce (words, etc.); cf. enunciation.
1829Southey All for Love ix, At his command the Chorister Enounced the Prophet's song. 1852A. M. Bell Elocut. Man. (1859) 58 The student should be able to enounce these [sounds] independently. 1857C. Brontë Professor I. xiv. 235 Language enounced with such steam-engine haste. |