pronunce

English

Verb

pronunce (third-person singular simple present pronunces, present participle pronuncing, simple past and past participle pronunced)

Obsolete form of pronounce.
- 1520, Robertus Whitintonus, Vulgaria Roberti Whitintoni Lichfeldiensis / et de Institutione Grãmaticulorũ Opusculum: […], London: Wynkyn de Worde, →OCLC, signature I.ij., recto:
  That they pꝛonunce not rudely / haſtely / confuſely oꝛ coꝛruptely. but with cleyne / dyſtyncte / and playne tongue.
- [1529?], Lewes Viues [i.e., Juan Luis Vives], translated by Rycharde Hyrd, A Very Frutefull and Pleasant Boke Called The Instructiõ of a Christen Womã […], London: […] Thomas Berthelet […], →OCLC, signature K.ij., recto:
  [T]hou womã / nat a Chꝛiſtiane / but the myniſter of the deuyll / yͤ fell thꝛetnỹg of our loꝛde diſpleaſed with yͤ / ſhalbe pꝛonunced vpon the / ſayeng by Eſaie yͤ pꝛophet: […]
- 1567, Thomas Stapleton, A Counterblast to M. Hornes Vayne Blaste against M. Fekenham. […], Leuven: Apud Ioannem Foulerum, →OCLC, folio 410, recto:
  To proceede, what higher Authoritye can there be in the world, thẽ by baptiſme to make a Chriſtian ſowle? thẽ by pronuncing the ſolempe wordes appointed by Chriſte to cauſe to be preſente the body and bloudde of Chriſte?

Italian

Noun

pronunce f

plural of pronuncia