SuaviloquyToday’s word

enunciate

Enunciate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enunciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Enunciating.]

Etymology: [L. enuntiatus, -ciatus, p. p. of enuntiare, - ciare. See Enounce.]

1. To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth. The terms in which he enunciates the great doctrines of the gospel. Coleridge.

2. To make distinctly audible; to utter articulately; to pronounce; as, to enunciate a word distinctly.

1 other Webster entry under this spelling

Enunciate, v. i.

To utter words or syllables articulately.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for enunciate; he lists it under announce, speak.

Where he writes about it:

We advertise our business, communicate our intentions, enunciate our views; we notify an individual, give notice to the public. — from announce