单词 | pronounce |
释义 | pronounce v.   1. tr. (also absol.) utter or speak (words, sounds, etc.) in a certain way.   2. tr. a utter or deliver (a judgement, sentence, curse, etc.) formally or solemnly. b proclaim or announce officially (I pronounce you man and wife).   3. tr. state or declare, as being one's opinion (the apples were pronounced excellent).   4. intr. (usu. foll. by on, for, against, in favour of) pass judgement; give one's opinion (pronounced for the defendant). Derivatives pronounceable adj. pronouncement n. pronouncer n. Etymology: ME f. OF pronuncier f. L pronuntiare (as PRO-(1), nuntiare announce f. nuntius messenger) |
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