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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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interdict
English
Etymology
From Middle English entrediten, from Old French entredire (“forbid”), from Latin interd?c? (“prohibit, forbid”), from inter- (“between”) + d?c? (“say”), from Proto-Indo-European *dey?-.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): (noun) /??nt?d?kt/, (verb) /?nt??d?kt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): (noun) /??nt?d?kt/, (verb) /?nt??d?kt/
- Hyphenation: in?ter?dict
Noun
interdict (plural interdicts)
- A papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g., a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted.
- (Scotland, law) An injunction.
Translations
Verb
interdict (third-person singular simple present interdicts, present participle interdicting, simple past and past participle interdicted)
- (transitive, Roman Catholicism) To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict. [from 13th c.]
- 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon juris canonici Anglicani
- An archbishop [may not only] excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his Vicar-General may also do the same.
- 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon juris canonici Anglicani
- (transitive) To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive) To forbid (someone) from doing something. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive, US, military) To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc). [from 20th c.]
- 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2004, p. 756:
- Grant did not cease his efforts to interdict Lee's supply lines and break through the defenses.
- 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2004, p. 756:
Related terms
- interdiction
- interdictive
- interdictory
- interdictively
- interdictor
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