单词 | enunciation |
释义 | enunciationn. The action of enunciating. 1. a. The action of giving definite expression to (a law, principle, etc.). ΚΠ 1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 482 Enunciation of the Principle, and Observations respecting it. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 95 The most extensive and general enunciation of the laws of nature. 1873 J. P. Cooke New Chem. (1874) i. 13 This word..selected by Avogadro in the enunciation of his law. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > [noun] > a statement or declaration pretence1440 mentiona1470 profession1526 resolution1594 definitive1595 propound1599 enunciation1628 expression1635 express1646 declarative1651 assert1655 statement1775 enouncementa1856 sayable1957 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 222 A compound axiome, is but one proposition, or enuntiation, as Aristotle calls it. 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iv. vii. 32 Christ..used no prayer in the distribution, but that demonstrative enunciation, This is my body. 1717 S. Clarke tr. G. W. Leibniz in Papers between Leibnitz & Clarke 277 Every intelligible Enunciation must be either true, or false. 1765 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 4) V. vi. §4. 194 (note) And verifies the enunciation of the gospel. c. Mathematics. The form of words in which a proposition is stated. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > [noun] > giving definite expression to enunciation1793 1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature Demonstrative Evid. 50 The enunciation of proposition the 29th. 1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 99 These are precisely the two directly equal pencils mentioned in the enunciation. 2. ΚΠ 1551 S. Gardiner Explic. Catholique Fayth f. 49 The callyng of bread by enunciation, for a name is not material. b. The action of declaring or asserting (a fact, doctrine, etc.); formal declaration or assertion. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > [noun] declaration1340 propositionc1390 presentmentc1454 unsecretness1526 advancement1532 representation1553 upgiving1574 pronouncement1593 presentation1597 proposal1597 declarement1633 pronounce1641 enunciation1651 declaring1667 advance1699 declarature1729 statement1776 stating1780 constatation1952 1651 Bp. J. Taylor Clerus Domini vii. 44 By way of interpretation and enunciation, as an Embassador. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. III. v. xvi. 274 The proposition in question..is not, properly speaking, the enuntiation of a matter of fact. 1844 C. J. Lever Tom Burke I. xviii. 125 He never missed an opportunity for the enunciation of such doctrines. 3. The uttering or pronouncing of articulate sounds; manner of utterance. ΚΠ 1750 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 9 July (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1562 Remember of what importance Demosthenes, and one of the Gracchi, thought enunciation. 1812 Examiner 9 Nov. 716/1 His enunciation is perfectly articulate. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xi. 129 He mocked at his bad enunciation and bad grammar. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1551 |
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