資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pronounce \Pro*nounce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pronounced}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Pronounging}.] [F. prononcer, L. pronunciare;
   pro before, forth + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce. See
   {Announce}.]
   1. To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to
      utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper
      sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a
      foreign language correctly.

   2. To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree
      or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.

            Sternly he pronounced The rigid interdiction.
                                                  --Milton.

   3. To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as,
      to pronounce an oration.

            Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to
            you.                                  --Shak.

   4. To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a
      libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud.

            The God who hallowed thee and blessed, Pronouncing
            thee all good.                        --Keble.

   Syn: To deliver; utter; speak. See {Deliver}.