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Definitions for: Enunciate
[v] express or state clearly
[v] speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
Webster (1913) Definition: E*nun"ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enunciated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Enunciating.] [L. enuntiatus, -ciatus, p. p.
of enuntiare, -ciare. See Enounce.]
1. To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim;
to declare, as a truth.
The terms in which he enunciates the great doctrines
of the gospel. --Coleridge.
2. To make distinctly audible; to utter articulately; to
pronounce; as, to enunciate a word distinctly.
E*nun"ci*ate, v. i.
To utter words or syllables articulately.
Synonyms: articulate, enounce, pronounce, sound out, vocalise, vocalize
See Also: accent, accentuate, aspirate, click, devoice, drawl, explode, flap, labialise, labialize, lilt, lisp, mispronounce, mouth, nasalise, nasalize, palatalise, palatalize, raise, retroflex, roll, round, say, sibilate, sound, speak, state, stress, subvocalise, subvocalize, syllabise, syllabize, talk, tell, trill, twang, utter, verbalise, verbalize, voice, vowelise, vowelize
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