enunciate

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We also had to create an articulating tongue that allowed him to enunciate his words.

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  1. transitive verb To pronounce; articulate.
  2. transitive verb To state or set forth precisely or systematically: enunciate a doctrine.
  3. transitive verb To announce; proclaim.
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  • We also had to create an articulating tongue that allowed him to enunciate his words. —  Ed Ulbrich shows how Benjamin Button got his face
  • "I have to go to the control cabin," she said when he turned around, being careful to enunciate her words clearly. —  Angelmass
  • "Not so fast," she added, making sure to enunciate the words clearly. —  Angelmass
  • Atef Abdul Jawaad writes for the Arabic-language newspaper, Arabs want the president-elect to come clean on why he is so determined to enunciate his middle name. —  The Moderate Voice
  • That is because while the challenge that will follow Jobs's departure is simple to enunciate, it is hard to fulfil. —  Technology news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
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  1. Latin ēnūntiāre, ēnūntiāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + nūntiāre, to announce (from nūntius, messenger; see neu- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from Latin enunciatus, properly enuntiatus, past participle of enunciare, properly enuntiare (later Italian enunciare = Portuguese Spanish enunciar = French énoncer, later English enounce, q. v.), say out, tell, divulge, declare, from e, out, + nuntiare, announce, tell, from nuntius, a messenger: see nuncio. Cf. enounce.
 

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