Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Denounce

Denounce , transitive verb

[French dénoncer, Old French denoncier, from Latin denuntiare, denunciare; de- + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce, report, nuntius a messenger, message. See Nuncio, and compare Denunciate.]

1.
To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil). [Obsolete]
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 Casar. — Brougham