PRONOUNCE, pronouns'. L. pronuncio pro and nuncio.
1. To speak to utter articulately. The child is not able to pronounce words composed of difficult combinations of letters. Adults rarely learn to pronounce correctly a foreign language.
2. To utter formally, officially or solemnly. The court pronounced sentence of death on the criminal.
Then Baruch answered them, he pronounced all these words to me with his mouth. Jeremiah 36
Sternly he pronounc'd
The rigid interdiction.
3. To speak or utter rhetorically to deliver as, to pronounce an oration.
4. To speak to utter, in almost any manner.
5. To declare or affirm. He pronounced the book to be a libel he pronounced the act to be a fraud.
PRONOUNCE, pronouns'. To speak to make declaration to utter an opinion.
How confidently so ever men pronounce of themselves--
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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