enunciate

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: e=nun=ci=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

enunciate, v. t. [L. enuntiatus, -ciatus, p. p. of enuntiare, -ciare. See Enounce.].

•  To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth.  [1913 Webster]

  "The terms in which he enunciates the great doctrines of the gospel."  [1913 Webster]
•  To make distinctly audible; to utter articulately; to pronounce; as, to enunciate a word distinctly.  [1913 Webster]

enunciate, v. i. 

 To utter words or syllables articulately.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

enunciate, v.tr.
1 pronounce (words) clearly.
2 express (a proposition or theory) in definite terms.
3 proclaim.

Derivative

enunciation n. enunciative adj. enunciator n.

Etymology

L enuntiare (as E-, nuntiare announce f. nuntius messenger)

THESAURUS

enunciate

advance, affirm, allege, announce, annunciate, argue, articulate, assert, assever, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, breathe, chime, chorus, come out with, communicate, contend, convey, declare, declare roundly, deliver, develop, disclose, emit, express, fling off, formulate, give, give expression, give notice, give out with, give tongue, give utterance, give voice, have, hold, impart, insist, issue a manifesto, issue a statement, lay, lay down, let out, lip, maintain, make a statement, make an announcement, manifesto, out with, outline, phonate, phrase, postulate, pour forth, predicate, present, proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest, publish a manifesto, put, put forth, put in words, put it, raise, report, say, set down, set forth, sound, speak, speak out, speak up, stand for, stand on, state, submit, tell, throw off, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper, word

ROGET THESAURUS

enunciate

Voice

VB utter, breathe, give utterance, give tongue, cry, ejaculate, rap out, vocalize, prolate, articulate, enunciate, pronounce, accentuate, aspirate, deliver, mouth, whisper in the ear.

Affirmation

VB assert, make an assertion, have one's say, say, affirm, predicate, declare, state, protest, profess, put forth, put forward, advance, allege, propose, propound, enunciate, broach, set forth, hold out, maintain, contend, pronounce, pretend, depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear, make oath, take one's oath, make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit, take one's Bible oath, kiss the book, vow, vitam impendere vero, swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue, be sworn, call Heaven to witness, vouch, warrant, certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle, swear by, insist upon, take one's stand upon, emphasize, lay stress on, assert roundly, assert positively, lay down, lay down the law, raise one's voice, dogmatize, have the last word, rap out, repeat, reassert, reaffirm, announce, acknowledge, attest, adjure.