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Topic: LINGUISTICS

Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: enuntiatus, past participle of enuntiare, from nuntiare 'to report'

enunciate

 verb
     
e‧nun‧ci‧ate
1 [intransitive and transitive]SL to pronounce words clearly and carefully
2 [transitive] formal to express an idea clearly and exactly:
ideas that he was to enunciate decades later
—enunciation noun [uncountable]
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