acclaim, acclamation, plaudits, plaudit, eclat
(noun) enthusiastic approval; “the book met with modest acclaim”; “he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd”; “they gave him more eclat than he really deserved”
acclaim, hail, herald
(verb) praise vociferously; “The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein”
applaud, clap, spat, acclaim
(verb) clap one’s hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
Source: WordNet® 3.1
acclaim (third-person singular simple present acclaims, present participle acclaiming, simple past and past participle acclaimed)
(archaic, transitive) To shout; to call out.
(intransitive) To shout approval; to express great approval.
(transitive, rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
(transitive, obsolete) To claim.
(transitive) To declare by acclamations.
(Canada, politics) To elect to an office by having no opposition.
• First attested in 1667.
acclaim (countable and uncountable, plural acclaims)
(poetic) An acclamation; a shout of applause.
(obsolete) A claim.
• See also applause
• malacic
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*claim", v. t. Etym: [L. acclamare; ad + clamare to cry out. See Claim, Clamor.] [R.]
1. To applaud. "A glad acclaiming train." Thomson.
2. To declare by acclamations. While the shouting crowd Acclaims thee king of traitors. Smollett.
3. To shout; as, to acclaim my joy.
Ac*claim", v. i.
Definition: To shout applause.
Ac*claim", n.
Definition: Acclamation. [Poetic] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 June 2025
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