PRONOUNCE

verb (~d; pronouncing) see: pro- Date: 14th century transitive verb to declare officially or ceremoniously , to declare authoritatively or as an opinion , 3. to employ the organs of speech to produce , to represent in printed characters the spoken counterpart of (an orthographic representation) , recite , intransitive verb to pass judgment, to produce the components of spoken language, ~ability noun ~able adjective ~r noun