(~s, pronouncing, ~d)
1.
To ~ a word means to say it using particular sounds.
Have I ~d your name correctly?...
He ~d it Per-sha, the way the English do.
VERB: V n, V n n
2.
If you ~ something to be true, you state that it is the case. (FORMAL)
A specialist has now ~d him fully fit...
I now ~ you man and wife.
= declare
VERB: V n adj, V n n