9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
verb pronounce judgment on
originRecorded since c.1330 as Middle English pronouncen (“to utter, declare officially”), from Old French prononcier, from Latin prōnūntiō, itself from prō- (“forth, out, in public”) + nūntiō (“to announce”) from nūntius (“messenger”).
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