Verb

(en verb)

To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.

* 1858 , Henry Stephens Randall, The Life of Thomas Jefferson (volume 1, page 461)

in 1786, and for some period later, there were few, if any, prominent Americans, who avowed themselves in favor of broadly democratic systems.

To bind or devote by a vow.

(Wyclif)

(legal) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.

(Blackstone)

Verb

(pronounc)

To formally declare, officially or ceremoniously.

* , chapter=5

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced . The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}

To pass judgment.

To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.

* 1869 , (Mark Twain), The Innocents Abroad , page 182:

They spell it "Vinci" and pronounce' it "Vinchy". Foreigners always spell better than they ' pronounce .

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To produce the components of speech.

To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.

To read aloud.