PROCLAIM

laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim

(verb) praise, glorify, or honor; “extol the virtues of one’s children”; “glorify one’s spouse’s cooking”

proclaim, exclaim, promulgate

(verb) state or announce; “‘I am not a Communist,’ he exclaimed”; “The King will proclaim an amnesty”

proclaim

(verb) declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles; “He was proclaimed King”

predicate, proclaim

(verb) affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; “The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

proclaim (third-person singular simple present proclaims, present participle proclaiming, simple past and past participle proclaimed)

To announce or declare.

Synonyms

• (to announce or declare): disclose, make known; See also announce

Anagrams

• picloram

Source: Wiktionary


Pro*claim", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proclaimed; p. pr. & vb. n. Proclaiming.] Etym: [OE. proclamen, L. proclamare; pro before, forward + clamare to call or cry out: cf. F. proclamer. See Claim.]

1. To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace. To proclaim liberty to the captives. Isa. lxi. 1. For the apparel oft proclaims the man. Shak. Throughout the host proclaim A solemn council forthwith to be held. Milton.

2. To outlaw by public proclamation. I heard myself proclaimed. Shak.

Syn.

– To publish; promulgate; declare; announce. See Announce.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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