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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ih-nuhn-see-eyt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈnʌn siˌeɪt



Definition of enunciate

Origin :
  • 1620s, "declare, express," from Latin enuntiatus, past participle of enuntiare "speak out, say, express, assert; divulge, disclose, reveal, betray," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + nuntiare "to announce" (see nuncio). Or perhaps a back-formation from enunciation. Meaning "to articulate, pronounce" is from 1759. Related: Enunciated; enunciating.
  • verb speak clearly
Example sentences :
  • We enunciate a principle of government, and then deny it in practise.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
  • “Say it again and over you go,” the mate managed to enunciate thickly.
  • Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London
  • It is needless to enunciate the weight of the earth in our ordinary units.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Heavens » by Robert Stawell Ball
  • He is content to enunciate a truth, and to call it probable.
  • Extract from : « The War in the Air; Vol. 1 » by Walter Raleigh.
  • We enunciate a principle of government, and then deny its practice.
  • Extract from : « Shadow and Light » by Mifflin Wistar Gibbs
  • She is taught to enunciate clearly and to speak courteously and agreeably.
  • Extract from : « The Canadian Girl at Work » by Marjory MacMurchy
  • To define, he says, is to enunciate the essence of that which is defined.
  • Extract from : « Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume I (of 4) » by George Grote
  • It does not, indeed, seem easy to enunciate the scheme itself.
  • Extract from : « Perpetual Motion » by Percy Verance
  • It is a quotidian truth that few before him had the courage or clairvoyancy to enunciate.
  • Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker
  • He was choking too badly over his German wrath to enunciate words.
  • Extract from : « In Hostile Red » by Joseph Altsheler

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