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declaim Definition

de·claim (dē klām′, di-)

intransitive verb

  1. to recite a speech, poem, etc. with studied or artificial eloquence
    1. to speak in a dramatic, pompous, or blustering way
    2. to make an impassioned verbal attack; deliver a tirade

Etymology: ME declamen < L declamare < de-, intens. + clamare, to cry, shout: see clamor

transitive verb

  1. to recite (a poem, speech, etc.)
  2. to utter with feeling, pomposity, etc.

declaim Related Forms
de·claim′er noun
declaim Synonyms

declaim

v.

proclaim, speak, recite, harangue; see address 2, recite 1.

declaim Usage Examples

Object

  • text: Can been spoken by the actors to a musical accompaniment, or pantomimed whilst the musicians declaim the text.
  • Christianity: Has not Christianity declaimed against private property, against marriage, against the State?

Preposition: against

  • property: Has not Christianity declaimed against private property, against marriage, against the State?

Modifying Another Word

  • loudly: Those who most loudly declaim against the idea of a separate Scotland found themselves upon the close commercial inter-relation of two countries.
  • wildly: Leaving the ensemble but still declaiming wildly, he climbs to the very top of a sacred mountain, which rears up before us.
  • then: The President of the St Albans Branch of the Royal British Legion will then declaim the Exhortation.