denouncing

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Denounce \De*nounce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Denouncing.] [F. d['e]noncer, OF. denoncier, fr. L. denuntiare, denunciare; de- + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce, report, nuntius a messenger, message. See Nuncio, and cf. Denunciate.]

1.To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil). [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Denouncing wrath to come.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish.— Deut. xxx. 18.[1913 Webster]

2.To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression. [1913 Webster]

His look denounced desperate.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize. [1913 Webster]

Denounced for a heretic.— Sir T. More.[1913 Webster]
To denounce the immoralities of Julius C[ae]sar.— Brougham.[1913 Webster]
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