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Denounce
De-nounce′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Denounced
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Denouncing
.] [F.
dénoncer
, OF. denoncier
, fr. L. denuntiare
, denunciare
; de-
+ nunciare
, nuntiare
, to announce, report, nuntius
a messenger, message. See Nuncio
, and cf. Denunciate
.] 1.
To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil).
[Obs.]
Denouncing
wrath to come. Milton.
I
denounce
unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish. Deut. xxx. 18.
2.
To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression.
His look
denounced
desperate. Milton.
3.
To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize.
Denounced
for a heretic. Sir T. More.
To
denounce
the immoralities of Julius Cæsar. Brougham.
Webster 1828 Edition
Denounce
DENOUNCE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To declare solemnly; to proclaim in a threatening manner; to announce or declare, as a threat.I denounce to you this day, that ye shall surely perish. Deut. 30.
So we say, to denounce war; to denounce wrath.
2.
To threaten by some outward sign, or expression.His look denounced revenge.
3.
To inform against; to accuse; as, to denounce one for neglect of duty.Definition 2024
denounce
denounce
English
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.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.35:
- Nero […] sent his Satellites or officers toward him, to denounce the decree of his death to him […].
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
- And full of peace, denouncing wrath to come
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.35:
- (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.
- to denounce a confederate in crime
- to denounce someone to the authorities
- (transitive, obsolete) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
- to denounce war; to denounce punishment
- (transitive) To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
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Translations
to make known in a formal manner
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to criticize or speak out against
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to make a formal or public accusation against
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to proclaim in a threatening manner
to announce the termination of; especially a treaty
See also
References
- denounce in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- denounce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913