verb

• (transitive) To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.
• (transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
• (transitive) To pronounce dead.
• (intransitive) To pass judgment.
• (transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
• (in passive) To sound like.
• (intransitive) To produce the components of speech.
• (transitive) To read aloud.