[syn: articulate, enunciate, vocalize, vocalise]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Enunciate \E*nun"ci*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enunciated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Enunciating.] [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.
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The terms in which he enunciates the great doctrines
of the gospel. --Coleridge.
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2. To make distinctly audible; to utter articulately; to
pronounce; as, to enunciate a word distinctly.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Enunciate \E*nun"ci*ate\, v. i.
To utter words or syllables articulately.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
enunciate
v 1: 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?"
[syn: pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out,
enunciate, say]
2: express or state clearly [syn: articulate, enunciate,
vocalize, vocalise]