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Webster 1913 Edition

Claim

Claim

(klām)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Claimed
(klāmd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Claiming
.]
[OE.
clamen
,
claimen
, OF.
clamer
, fr. L.
clamare
to cry out, call; akin to
calare
to proclaim, Gr.
καλεῖν
to call, Skr.
kal
to sound, G.
holen
to fetch, E.
hale
haul.]
1.
To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.
2.
To proclaim.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
3.
To call or name.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
4.
To assert; to maintain.
[Colloq.]

Claim

,
Verb.
I.
To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one
claims
, came by his authority.
Locke.

Claim

,
Noun.
[Of.
claim
cry, complaint, from
clamer
. See
Claim
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact.
2.
A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the claimant.
“A bar to all claims upon land.”
Hallam.
3.
The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; ;
as, a settler’s
claim
; a miner's
claim
.
[U.S. & Australia]
4.
A loud call.
[Obs.]
Spenser
To lay claim to
,
to demand as a right.
“Doth he
lay claim to
thine inheritance?”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Claim

CLAIM

, v.t.
1.
To call for; to ask or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due; as, to claim a debt; to claim obedience, or respect.
2.
To assert, or maintain as a right; as, he claims to be the best poet of the age.
3.
To have a right or title to; as, the heir claims the estate by descent; he claims a promise.
4.
To proclaim.
5.
To call or name.

CLAIM

, n.
1.
A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due, or supposed to be due; as a claim of wages for services. A claim implies a right or supposed right in the claimant to something which is in anothers possession or power. A claim may be made in words, by suit, and by other means. The word is usually preceded by make or lay; to make claim; to lay claim.
2.
A right to claim or demand; a title to any debt, privilege or other thing in possession of another; as, a prince has a claim to the throne.
Homers claims to the first rank among Epic poets have rarely been disputed.
3.
The thing claimed, or demanded.
4.
A loud call.

Definition 2024

Claim

Claim

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German

Noun

Claim n, m ‎(genitive Claims, plural Claims)

  1. claim

See also

claim

claim

See also: Claim

English

Alternative forms

Noun

claim ‎(plural claims)

  1. A demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory).
  2. A new statement of truth made about something, usually when the statement has yet to be verified.
  3. A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (e.g. in the gold rush, oil rush)
  4. (law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.

Usage notes

  • Demand ownership of land not previously owned. One usually stakes a claim.
  • The legal sense. One usually makes a claim. See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

Translations

Verb

claim ‎(third-person singular simple present claims, present participle claiming, simple past and past participle claimed)

  1. To demand ownership of.
  2. To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
  3. To demand ownership or right to use for land.
  4. (law) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
  5. (intransitive) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
    • John Locke
      We must know how the first ruler, from whom anyone claims, came by his authority.
  6. (archaic) To proclaim.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
  7. (archaic) To call or name.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)

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Pronunciation

Verb

claim

  1. first-person singular present indicative of claimen
  2. imperative of claimen

Etymology

From English claim

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