English edit

Etymology edit

From French énoncer, from Latin ēnuntiō.

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -aʊns
  • IPA(key): /ɪˈnaʊns/, /iˈnaʊns/
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Verb edit

enounce (third-person singular simple present enounces, present participle enouncing, simple past and past participle enounced)

  1. To say or pronounce; to enunciate.
  2. To declare or proclaim.
    • c. 1858, William Hamilton, Lectures on Logic:
      A proposition is assertory, when it enounces what is known as actual.
  3. To state unequivocally.