proclaim

Proclaim is defined as to announce or declare.

(verb)

An example of to proclaim is to announce that a fight is over.

See proclaim in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

Origin: ME proclamen < MFr proclamer < L proclamare < pro-, before + clamare, to cry out: see pro- & clamor

See proclaim in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb pro·claimed, pro·claim·ing, pro·claims

To announce officially and publicly; declare. See Synonyms at announce.
To indicate conspicuously; make plain: wearing a button that proclaimed my choice for president.
To praise; extol.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English proclamen, proclaimen (influenced by claimen, to claim)

Origin: , from Old French proclamer

Origin: , from Latin prōclāmāre

Origin: : prō-, forward; see pro-¹

Origin: + clāmāre, to cry out; see kelə-² in Indo-European roots

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