ENUNCIATE

articulate, enunciate, vocalize, vocalise

(verb) express or state clearly

pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say

(verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; “She pronounces French words in a funny way”; “I cannot say ‘zip wire’”; “Can the child sound out this complicated word?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

enunciate (third-person singular simple present enunciates, present participle enunciating, simple past and past participle enunciated)

(transitive) To make a definite or systematic statement of.

To announce, proclaim.

(transitive) To articulate, pronounce.

(intransitive) To make sounds clearly.

Source: Wiktionary


E*nun"ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enunciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Enunciating.] Etym: [L. enuntiatus, -ciatus, p. p. of enuntiare, - ciare. See Enounce.]

1. To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth. The terms in which he enunciates the great doctrines of the gospel. Coleridge.

2. To make distinctly audible; to utter articulately; to pronounce; as, to enunciate a word distinctly.

E*nun"ci*ate, v. i.

Definition: To utter words or syllables articulately.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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