1. (v. t.) 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. (v. t.) To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.

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

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

5. (v. i.) To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly.

6. (v. i.) To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence.

7. (n.) Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation.

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