pronounce

verb

1. (transitive)To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.

   “Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.”

   “I hereby pronounce you man and wife.”

2. (transitive)To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.

   “The doctor pronounced them legally dead.”

   “Lily was pronounced dead at the scene.”

   “See there! A son is born And we pronounce him fit to fight There are blackheads on his shoulders And he pees himself in the night.”

   ““If any pupil considers it acceptable to bring a pet into this school, let me tell you it is forbidden. Strictly forbidden!” pronounced the headmaster from the front of the class.”

   “Paramedics attended, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.”

3. (transitive)To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.

   “Despite resuscitative efforts, Mr. Gray was pronounced on 4/19/2015.”

4. (intransitive)To pass judgment.

   “The judge had pronounced often before, but never in front of such a crowd.”

5. (transitive)To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.

   “They spell it "Vinci" and pronounce it "Vinchy". Foreigners always spell better than they pronounce.”

   “I wanted to look up velleity and quotidian and memorize the fuckers for all time, spell them, learn them, pronounce them syllable by syllable—vocalize, phonate, utter the sounds, say the words for all they're worth.”

6. (transitive)To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.

   “The Icelandic double l in Eyjafjallajökull is pronounced tl.”

   “The firſt day of November was dedicated to the angel preſiding over fruits, ſeeds, &c. and was therefore named la mas ubhal, that is, the day of the apple fruit, and being pronounced lamasool, the English have corrupted the name to lambswool, a name they give to a compoſition made on this eve of roaſted apples, ſugar, and ale.”

   “The Chinese believe feng shui, pronounced fung shway, can help blunt the ill effects to health and wealth brought on, for example, by the inauspicious jut of an adjacent building or hill.”

   “The DPRK (Joseon Minjujui Inmin Konghuaguk 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國) is read in Chinese as Chaoxian minzhu zhuyi renmin gonghe guo, and its capital, Pyeonyang, is pronounced Pingrang 平壤.”

7. (intransitive)To produce the components of speech.

   “Actors must be able to pronounce perfectly or deliberately disabled.”

8. (transitive)To read aloud.
9. (transitive)To emphasize, highlight.

   “The two men standing are facing with their backs towards the audience, wearing tight knitted garments that pronounce their bottoms.”

   “Bro I've been saying this for the longest time. The problem is that this country loves gossip bro. It pronounces how shallow thinking we are and becoming a lucrative ground for narratives to fog our thinking if we don't outsource it.”

noun

1. (plural, plural-only)Eggcorn of pronouns.