| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | e·nun·ci·ate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -n n s - t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: e·nun·ci·at·ed, e·nun·ci·at·ing, e·nun·ci·ates
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To pronounce; articulate. 2. To state or set forth precisely or systematically: enunciate a doctrine. 3. To announce; proclaim. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To pronounce words; speak aloud. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin n ntire, nntit- : -, ex-, ex- + nntire, to announce (from nntius, messenger; see neu- in Appendix I). | | OTHER FORMS: | e·nunci·a·ble (- -bl) —ADJECTIVE
e·nunci·ation —NOUN
e·nunci·ative (-s-tv, -s--tv) —ADJECTIVE
e·nunci·ative·ly —ADVERB
e·nunci·ator —NOUN
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