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n. [ Pref. ad- + noun. ] (Gram.) An adjective, or attribute. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Announced p. pr. & vb. n. Announcing ] [ OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L. annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See Nuncio, and cf. Annunciate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her [ Q. Elizabeth's ] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. Gilpin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Publish laws, announce
Or life or death. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate. -- To Publish, Announce, Proclaim, Promulgate. We publish what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as, to publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We announce what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as, to announce the speedy publication of a book; to announce the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We proclaim anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to proclaim the news of victory. We promulgate when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as, to promulgate the gospel. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. stated publicly; as, their announced intentions. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who announces. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Denounced p. pr. & vb. n. Denouncing. ] [ F. dénoncer, 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 Cæsar. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. denoncement. ] Solemn, official, or menacing announcement; denunciation. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

False is the reply of Cain, upon the denouncement of his curse. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. One who denounces, or declares, as a menace. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enounced p. pr. & vb. n. Enouncing ] [ F. énoncer, L. enuntiare; e out + nuntiare to announce, fr. nuntius messenger. See Nuncio, and cf. Enunciate. ] 1. To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or argument. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To utter; to articulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The student should be able to enounce these [ sounds ] independently. A. M. Bell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of enouncing; that which is enounced. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Mispronounced p. pr. & vb. n. Mispronouncing ] To pronounce incorrectly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. noun, nun, num, non, nom, F. nom, fr. L. nomen name. See Name. ] (Gram.) A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ By some grammarians the term noun is so used as to include adjectives, as being descriptive; but in general it is limited to substantives. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a noun. [ 1913 Webster ]

Verbs which in whole or in part have shed their old nounal coat. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To change (an adjective, verb, etc.) into a noun; to nominalize. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Onion. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To announce beforehand. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. pro- + noun: cf. F. pronom, L. pronomen. See Noun. ] (Gram.) A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you, he, she, it, we, ye, and they. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence. [ R. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pronounced p. pr. & vb. n. Pronounging ] [ F. prononcer, L. pronunciare; pro before, forth + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce. See Announce. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sternly he pronounced
The rigid interdiction. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as, to pronounce an oration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud. [ 1913 Webster ]

The God who hallowed thee and blessed,
Pronouncing thee all good. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To deliver; utter; speak. See Deliver. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. L. pronunciabilis declarative. ] Capable of being pronounced. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. prononcé. ] Strongly marked; unequivocal; decided. [ A Gallicism ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ His ] views became every day more pronounced. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of pronouncing; a declaration; a formal announcement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who pronounces, utters, or declares; also, a pronouncing book. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as pronunciation; -- a common misspelling (written only). [ misspelling ] [ PJC ]

a. Pertaining to, or indicating, pronunciation; as, a pronouncing dictionary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pennant. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Card Playing) Act of renouncing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Renounced p. pr. & vb. n. Renouncing ] [ F. renoncer, L. renuntiare to bring back word, announce, revoke, retract, renounce; pref. re- re- + nuntiare to announce, fr. nuncius, a messenger. See Nuncio, and cf. Renunciation. ] 1. To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear. [ 1913 Webster ]

This world I do renounce, and in your sights
Shake patiently my great affliction off. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Card Playing) To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit. [ 1913 Webster ]

To renounce probate (Law), to decline to act as the executor of a will. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To cast off; disavow; disown; disclaim; deny; abjure; recant; abandon; forsake; quit; forego; resign; relinquish; give up; abdicate. -- Renounce, Abjure, Recant. -- To renounce is to make an affirmative declaration of abandonment. To abjure is to renounce with, or as with, the solemnity of an oath. To recant is to renounce or abjure some proposition previously affirmed and maintained. [ 1913 Webster ]

From Thebes my birth I own; . . . since no disgrace
Can force me to renounce the honor of my race. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Either to die the death, or to abjure
Forever the society of man. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as violent and void. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To make renunciation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He of my sons who fails to make it good,
By one rebellious act renounces to my blood. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dryden died without a will, and his widow having renounced, his son Charles administered on June 10. W. D. Christie. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. renoncement. ] The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who renounces. [ 1913 Webster ]