denounce
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From Old French denoncier, from Latin dēnūntiō, from de- + nūntiō (“‘to announce", "to report", "to denounce’”), from nūntius (“‘messenger", "message’”)
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- IPA: /di'naʊns/, /də'naʊns/
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- Rhymes: -aʊns
[edit] Verb
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to denounce (third-person singular simple present denounces, present participle denouncing, simple past and past participle denounced)
- (transitive, obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
- And full of peace, denouncing wrath to come
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
- (transitive) To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.
- to denounce someone as a swindler, or as a coward
- (transitive) To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
- to denounce a confederate in crime
- to denounce someone to the authorities
- (transitive, obsolete) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
- to denounce war; to denounce punishment
- (transitive) To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
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[edit] Translations
to make known in a formal manner
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to criticize or speak out against
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to make a formal or public accusation against
to proclaim in a threatening manner
to announce the termination of; especially a treaty
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- denounce in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- denounce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of cdeennou
- enounced