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denounce
English
Etymology
From Old French denuncier, from Latin d?n?nti? (“to announce, to denounce, to threaten”), from de + n?nti? (“to announce, to report, to denounce”), from n?ntius (“messenger, message”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di?na?ns/, /d??na?ns/
- Rhymes: -a?ns
Verb
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.
- (transitive) To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, 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
- 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, "British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.
- (transitive) To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
- (transitive, obsolete) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
- (transitive) To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
- (US, historical) To claim the right of working a mine that is abandoned or insufficiently worked.
Synonyms
- attack, charge, condemn, criticize, damn, decry, discredit, inveigh against, proscribe, report
Related terms
- denunciate
Derived terms
- denouncement
- denouncer
Related terms
Translations
See also
- announce
- enounce
- pronounce
- renounce
References
- denounce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- denounce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- enounced, unencode
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excommunicate
English
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin excommunic?tus, perfect passive participle of excommunic? (“put out of the community”).
Pronunciation
Adjective and Noun:
- (UK) IPA(key): /??ksk??mju?n?k?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /??ksk??mjun?k?t/
Verb:
- (UK) IPA(key): /??ksk??mju?n?ke?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /??ksk??mjun?ke?t/
Adjective
excommunicate (not comparable)
- Excommunicated.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John IX:
- the iewes had conspyred allredy that yff eny man did confesse that he was Christ, he shulde be excommunicat out of the Sinagoge.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John IX:
Noun
excommunicate (plural excommunicates)
- A person so excluded.
Verb
excommunicate (third-person singular simple present excommunicates, present participle excommunicating, simple past and past participle excommunicated)
- (transitive) To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
- (transitive, historical or figuratively) To exclude from any other group; to banish.
Synonyms
- disfellowship
- takfir
Related terms
- excommunication
Translations
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