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(countable) The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken..

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable) The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
2. (uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.
3. (countable) The act of pronouncing or uttering a vocable.

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What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?

☞ This word [earth] is liable to a coarſe vulgar pronunciation, as if written Urth;[…]

In spite of the vague evidence, I think that we may conclude that ME ǭ, like ME ę̄, had two pronunciations during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a more advanced pronunciation with close [oː], and a more conservative one with the ‘intermediate vowel’ [ɔː] […]

His Italian pronunciation is terrible.

He, that would write exactly, muſt avoid a Barbarous Pronunciation, and conſider for facility, or thorow miſtake, many words are not ſounded after the beſt dialect. Such as […] Wun, one.

The second part is the sentence, which is the judge's pronunciation upon a cause depending between two in controversy.

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