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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pronounced \Pro*nounced"\, a. [F. prononc['e].] Strongly marked; unequivocal; decided. Note: [A Gallicism] [His] views became every day more pronounced. --Thackeray. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pronounced adj 1: strongly marked; easily noticeable; "walked with a marked limp"; "a pronounced flavor of cinnamon" [syn: {marked}] 2: produced by the organs of speech
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