单词 | enunciate |
释义 | enunciatev. 1. a. transitive. To give definite expression to (a proposition, principle, theory, etc.); = enounce v. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > state or declare [verb (transitive)] speakc900 sayOE sayOE tell?a1160 to put forth?c1225 posea1325 allegec1330 declarec1330 exponec1380 to bring fortha1382 expounda1382 terminec1384 allaya1387 express1386 proport1387 purport1389 cough1393 generalize?a1425 deliverc1454 expremec1470 to show forth1498 promisea1500 term1546 to set forward1560 attribute1563 to throw out1573 quote1575 dictate1599 rendera1616 preport1616 enunciate1623 remonstrate1625 state1642 pronunciate1652 annunciate1763 present1779 enounce1805 report1842 constate1865 lodge1885 outen1951 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Enunciate, to declare. 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iii. xv. 150 Which also may more briefly be enunciated thus, Velocity is the quantity of Motion determined by Time and Line. a1691 Bp. T. Barlow Genuine Remains (1693) 553 The truths that may be enuntiated concerning him [Plato]. 1846 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces 1 The theory consequent upon new facts..is generally enunciated by the discoverers themselves. 1853 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (ed. 2) 220 The dogmas enunciated in the Lambeth articles. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 95 The same principle may be enunciated in another form. b. Of words: To form, or serve as a statement of. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > mean, signify, express [verb (transitive)] tokenc888 meaneOE sayOE bequeathc1175 signifya1382 beara1400 bemeana1400 soundc1400 designc1429 applyc1450 betoken1502 express1526 conveya1568 intend1572 carry1584 denotate1597 pronounce1610 to set out1628 implya1640 speak1645 denote1668 designate1741 describe1808 enunciate1859 read1894 1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty ii. 65 The words which enunciate a truth. 2. To state publicly; to proclaim. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > announce or proclaim [verb (transitive)] kithec725 i-bedea800 abedeeOE bid971 deemOE bodea1000 tellOE clepec1275 to tell outa1382 denouncec1384 publishc1384 descryc1390 pronouncec1390 proclaima1393 sound1412 proclaim?a1425 renouncea1425 announcec1429 preconize?1440 announce1483 reclaim?1503 call1523 to speak forth1526 annunciate1533 protest1533 to breathe out1535 denouncec1540 enact1611 deblazon1621 deblaze1640 advise1647 apostolize1652 indigitatea1670 enounce1807 voice1850 norate1851 enunciate1864 post1961 1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel Pref. 24 Moses enunciated as simple, undemonstrated truth, ‘In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth’. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost i. 3 It can therefore never err in enunciating or declaring the revealed knowledge which it possesses. 3. To utter, pronounce (articulate sounds). Also absol. = enounce v. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > articulate or pronounce sayOE shapec1200 formc1300 pronouncec1390 sound1543 prelatea1549 frame1549 articulate1561 annunciate1763 enunciate1767 enounce1829 1767 W. Harte Amaranth 79 Each enunciates with a human tone. 1793 J. Boswell Principal Corrections Life Johnson 2/1 Not..marked by any peculiar emphasis, but only..distinctly enunciated. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iv. 223 How distinct enunciating, how Plain dealing! Derivatives eˈnunciated adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > [adjective] > stated, declared, or set forth enunciated1664 1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 534 That Incongruity betwixt enunciated Falsity and the Minde and Things has no moral evil in it. 1817 H. T. Colebrooke tr. Bhāskara Āchārya in Algebra 266 Putting the enunciated divisor sixteen. 1835 W. Whewell in I. Todhunter William Whewell (1876) II. 213 A distinction or resemblance in enunciated principle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1623 |
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