Speak the name, giving weight to it (8)

I believe the answer is:

announce

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'speak' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'name giving weight to it' is the wordplay.
'name' becomes 'Ann'.
'giving weight' becomes 'ounce' (ounce is a kind of weight. I am not sure about the 'giving' bit.).
'to it' says to put letters next to each other.
'ann'+'ounce'='ANNOUNCE'

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for announce that I've seen before include "Make known officially" , "Publicise" , "Make known publicly with no nuance" , "Formally declare" , "Report" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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