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To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud. The God who hallowed thee and blessed, Pronouncing thee all good. Keble.

One who pronounces, utters, or declares; also, a pronouncing book.

To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design; as, man proposes, but God disposes.

To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow. He protest that his measures are pacific. Landor. The lady doth protest too much, methinks. Shak.

e proud with pure and princely beauty ! Shak. And shades impervious to the proud world's glare. Keble.

n, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claret punch, champagne punch, etc. Milk punch, a sort of punch made with spirit, milk, sugar, spice, etc. -- Punch bowl, a large bowl in which punch is made, or from which it is served. -- Roman punch, a punch frozen and served…

t or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as, the pursuit of game; the pursuit of an enemy. Clarendon. Weak we are, and can not shun pursuit. Shak.

. For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare. Pope.

d those qualities of horsemanship, dancing, and fencing which accompany a good breeding. Clarendon.

ied his own clemency, now they were at his mercy, to offer them quarter for their lives. Clarendon. Cocks and lambs . . . at the mercy of cats and wolves . . . must never expect better quarter. L'Estrange.

ice; to raise the price, and the like. This gentleman came to be raised to great titles. Clarendon. The plate pieces of eight were raised three pence in the piece. Sir W. Temple.

The step of a ladder; a rung. Clarendon.

rciful. Calamy. Many of the horse could not march at that rate, nor come up soon enough. Clarendon.

To tell; to declare; to recite. [Obs.] But read how art thou named, and of what kin. Spenser.

A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret. Sir W. Scott.

To confirm anew. Clarendon.

soe Macaulay. Never any prince expressed a more lively regret for the loss of a servant. Clarendon. From its peaceful bosom [the grave] spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections. W. Irving.

f a band organized for the comission of violent crimes. [U.S.] A few stood neutral, or declared in favor of the Regulators. Bancroft.

. The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough. Clarendon.

To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne.