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proclaim definition

pro·claim (prō klām′, prə-)

transitive verb

  1. to announce officially; announce to be
  2. to show to be acts that proclaimed him a friend
  3. Rare to outlaw, ban, or otherwise restrict by a proclamation
  4. to extol

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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