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Definition of Enunciate
1. Verb. Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way. "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
Specialized synonyms: Twang, Devoice, Raise, Lilt, Palatalise, Palatalize, Nasalise, Nasalize, Nasalise, Nasalize, Mispronounce, Misspeak, Aspirate, Sound, Vocalise, Vocalize, Voice, Retroflex, Subvocalise, Subvocalize, Syllabise, Syllabize, Drawl, Labialise, Labialize, Round, Lisp, Accent, Accentuate, Stress, Vocalise, Vocalize, Vowelise, Vowelize, Click, Trill, Sibilate, Flap, Explode, Roll
Entails: Mouth, Speak, Talk, Utter, Verbalise, Verbalize
Derivative terms: Articulation, Articulation, Articulative, Articulator, Articulatory, Enunciation, Pronunciation, Pronunciation
2. Verb. Express or state clearly.
Generic synonyms: Say, State, Tell
Derivative terms: Articulation, Articulative, Enunciation
Definition of Enunciate
1. v. t. To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth.
2. v. i. To utter words or syllables articulately.
Definition of Enunciate
1. Verb. (transitive) : To make a definite or systematic statement of. ¹
2. Verb. To announce, proclaim. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To articulate, pronounce. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To make sounds clearly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enunciate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enunciate
Literary usage of Enunciate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"spec, state, emit, manifest, tell, frame, present, have (used with "it"), enunciate,
language (rare), broach, breathe, dictate (obs. or archaic), expound, ..."
2. Aristotle by George Grote (1872)
"In the eristic or sophistic debate the puzzle of the respondent is, in what
language to enunciate his propositions so as to keep clear of the subtle ..."
3. An English Grammar Conformed to Present Usage: With an Objective Method of by Alfred Holbrook (1873)
"L is a consonant, and the antecedent of the base of the syllable on, representing
its own proper sound, I; (enunciate,) which is a sub-vocal, obstructed at ..."
4. The Normal, Or, Methods of Teaching the Common Branches: Orthoepy by Alfred Holbrook (1860)
"Ph is a consonant digraph, antecedent to tho base of the third syllable, o, and
represents tho sound of f, f; (enunciate,) which is an aspirate, ..."
5. The Human Mind: A Treatise in Mental Philosophy by Edward John Hamilton (1883)
"... that propositions, statements, histories, and doctrines, are objects of belief
only because they continually set forth or enunciate the existence or the ..."
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