pronounce

To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.

Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.

I hereby pronounce you man and wife.

To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.

The doctor pronounced them legally dead.

Lily was pronounced dead at the scene.

To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.

Despite resuscitative efforts, Mr. Gray was pronounced on 4/19/2015.

To pass judgment.

The judge had pronounced often before, but never in front of such a crowd.

To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.

They spell it "Vinci" and pronounce it "Vinchy". Foreigners always spell better than they pronounce.

I wanted to look up velleity and quotidian and memorize the fuckers for all time, spell them, learn them, pronounce them syllable by syllable—vocalize, phonate, utter the sounds, say the words for all they're worth.