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de·claim    Audio Help   (dĭ-klām')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   de·claimed, de·claim·ing, de·claims

v.   intr.
  1. To deliver a formal recitation, especially as an exercise in rhetoric or elocution.
  2. To speak loudly and vehemently; inveigh.

v.   tr.
To utter or recite with rhetorical effect.


[Middle English declamen, from Latin dēclāmāre : dē-, intensive pref.; see de- + clāmāre, to cry out; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots.]

de·claim'er n.
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