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e⋅nun⋅ci⋅a⋅tion

  [i-nuhn-see-ey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. an act or manner of enunciating.
2. utterance or pronunciation.
3. a formal announcement or statement: the enunciation of a doctrine.
Origin:
1545–55; < L ēnūntiātiōn- (s. of ēnūntiātiō). See enunciate, -ion
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e·nun·ci·ate   (ĭ-nŭn'sē-āt')   
v.   e·nun·ci·at·ed, e·nun·ci·at·ing, e·nun·ci·ates

v.   tr.
  1. To pronounce; articulate.
  2. To state or set forth precisely or systematically: enunciate a doctrine.
  3. To announce; proclaim.
v.   intr.
To pronounce words; speak aloud.

[Latin ēnūntiāre, ēnūntiāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + nūntiāre, to announce (from nūntius, messenger; see neu- in Indo-European roots).]
e·nun'ci·a·ble (-ə-bəl) adj., e·nun'ci·a'tion n., e·nun'ci·a'tive (-sē-ā'tĭv, -sē-ə-tĭv) adj., e·nun'ci·a'tive·ly adv., e·nun'ci·a'tor n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Enunciation

E*nun`ci*a"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. enuntiatio, -ciatio.]

1. The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important truth.

By way of interpretation and enunciation. --Jer. Taylor.

2. Mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially as regards fullness and distinctness or articulation; as, to speak with a clear or impressive enunciation.

3. That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; an announcement; a formal declaration; a statement.

Every intelligible enunciation must be either true or false. --A. Clarke.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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enunciation 
1531 (implied in enunciative), from L. enuntiationem (nom. enuntiatio), from enuntiare "enunciate," from ex- "from" + nuntius "messenger" (see nuncio).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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