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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

pronounced
    adj 1: strongly marked; easily noticeable; "walked with a marked
           limp"; "a pronounced flavor of cinnamon" [syn: marked,
           pronounced]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pronounce \Pro*nounce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pronounced; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Pronounging.] [F. prononcer, L. pronunciare;
   pro before, forth + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce. See
   Announce.]
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   1. To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to
      utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper
      sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a
      foreign language correctly.
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   2. To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree
      or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.
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            Sternly he pronounced
            The rigid interdiction.               --Milton.
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   3. To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as,
      to pronounce an oration.
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            Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to
            you.                                  --Shak.
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   4. To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a
      libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud.
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            The God who hallowed thee and blessed,
            Pronouncing thee all good.            --Keble.
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   Syn: To deliver; utter; speak. See Deliver.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pronounced \Pro*nounced"\, a. [F. prononc['e].]
   Strongly marked; unequivocal; decided.

   Note: [A Gallicism]
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               [His] views became every day more pronounced.
                                                  --Thackeray.
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Thesaurus Results for pronounced:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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