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Webster 1913 Edition


Declaim

De-claim′

(dē̍-klām′)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Declaimed
(dē̍-klāmd′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Declaiming
.]
[L.
declamare
;
de-
+
clamare
to cry out: cf. F.
déclamer
. See
Claim
.]
1.
To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking;
as, the students
declaim
twice a week
.
2.
To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
Grenville seized the opportunity to
declaim
on the repeal of the stamp act.
Bancroft.

De-claim′

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To utter in public; to deliver in a rhetorical or set manner.
2.
To defend by declamation; to advocate loudly.
[Obs.]
Declaims his cause.”
South.

Webster 1828 Edition


Declaim

DECLA'IM

,
Verb.
I.
[L. to cry out.]

Definition 2024


declaim

declaim

English

Verb

declaim (third-person singular simple present declaims, present participle declaiming, simple past and past participle declaimed)

  1. To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech.
  2. To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
    • Bancroft
      Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act.
  3. To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking.
    The students declaim twice a week.

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