to utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly.-to utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.-to speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as, to pronounce an oration.-to declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud.-to give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly.-to make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence.-pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation.