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<hw>E*nun"ci*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Enunciated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Enunciating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>enuntiatus</ets>, <ets>-ciatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>enuntiare</ets>, <ets>-ciare</ets>. See <er>Enounce</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth.</def>

<blockquote>The terms in which he <b>enunciates</b> the great doctrines of the gospel. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make distinctly audible; to utter articulately; to pronounce; <as>as, to <ex>enunciate</ex> a word distinctly</as>.</def>

<h1>Enunciate</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>E*nun"ci*ate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To utter words or syllables articulately.</def>

<h1>Enunciation</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>E*nun`ci*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>enuntiatio</ets>, <ets>-ciatio</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; <as>as, the <ex>enunciation</ex> of an important truth</as>.</def>

<blockquote>By way of interpretation and <b>enunciation</b>. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially as regards fullness and distinctness or articulation; <as>as, to speak with a clear or impressive <ex>enunciation</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; an announcement; a formal declaration; a statement.</def>

<blockquote>Every intelligible <b>enunciation</b> must be either true or false. <i>A. Clarke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Enunciative</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>E*nun"ci*a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>enuntiativus</ets>, <ets>-ciativus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation; declarative.</def> <i>Ayliffe</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>E*nun"ci*a*tive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Enunciator</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>E*nun"ci*a`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>enuntiator</ets>, <ets>enunciator</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who enunciates or proclaims.</def>

<h1>Enunciatory</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>E*nun"ci*a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation or utterance.</def>

<h1>Enure</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*ure"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Inure</er>.</def>

<h1>Enuresis</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En`u*re"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ to urinate in; <?/ + <?/ urine.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine.</def>

<h1>Envassal</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*vas"sal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make a vassal of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Envault</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*vault"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To inclose in a vault; to entomb.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Swift.</i>

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