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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.
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Word Origin & History

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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