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pro·claim

Audio Help [proh-kleym, pruh-] Pronunciation Key

–verb (used with object)

1.	to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.

2.	to announce or declare in an open or ostentatious way: to proclaim one's opinions.

3.	to indicate or make known publicly or openly.

4.	to extol or praise publicly: Let them proclaim the Lord.

5.	to declare (a territory, district, etc.) subject to particular legal restrictions.

6.	to declare to be an outlaw, evildoer, or the like.

7.	to denounce or prohibit publicly.

–verb (used without object)

8.	to make a proclamation.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L prōclāmāre to cry out. See pro-¹, claim

]

—Related forms

pro·claim·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. advertise. See announce. 2. promulgate.

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pro·claim Audio Help (prō-klām', prə-) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. 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.

[Middle English proclamen, proclaimen (influenced by claimen, to claim), from Old French proclamer, from Latin prōclāmāre : prō-, forward; see pro-¹ + clāmāre, to cry out; see kelə-² in Indo-European roots.]

pro·claim'er n., pro·clam'a·to'ry (prō-klām'ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
proclaim

c.1400, from L. proclamare "cry or call out," from pro- "forth" + clamare "to cry out" (see claim). Proclamation "that which is proclaimed" is recorded from 1415.

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proclaim
verb
1.	declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles; "He was proclaimed King"
2.	state or announce; "'I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"
3.	affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President" [syn: predicate]
4.	praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" [syn: laud]

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proclaim [prəˈkleim, (American) prou-] verb

to announce or state publicly
Example: He was proclaimed the winner.

Arabic:	يُعْلِن، يُشْهِر
Chinese (Simplified):	宣布
Chinese (Traditional):	宣佈
Czech:	prohlásit
Danish:	udråbe; proklamere
Dutch:	uitroepen
Estonian:	kuulutama
Finnish:	julistaa
French:	proclamer
German:	verkünden
Greek:	διακηρύσσω, ανακηρύσσω
Hungarian:	kihirdet
Icelandic:	lÿsa yfir, tilkynna
Indonesian:	menyatakan
Italian:	proclamare

Japanese:	宣言する
Korean:	포고하다, 선언하다
Latvian:	proklamēt; pasludināt
Lithuanian:	paskelbti
Norwegian:	utrope, erklære, proklamere
Polish:	ogłosić
Portuguese (Brazil):	proclamar
Portuguese (Portugal):	declarar
Romanian:	a proclama
Russian:	провозглашать
Slovak:	vyhlásiť
Slovenian:	razglasiti
Spanish:	proclamar
Swedish:	proklamera, tillkännage, kungöra, utropa
Turkish:	bildirmek, ilân etmek

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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: pro·claim
Pronunciation: prO-'klAm
Function: transitive verb
: to declare or declare to be solemnly, officially, or formally <proclaim an amnesty> <proclaim the country a republic>

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