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verb (used with object)
1.
to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
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to announce or declare in an open or ostentatious way: to proclaim one's opinions.
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to indicate or make known publicly or openly.
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to extol or praise publicly: Let them proclaim the Lord.
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EXPANDto declare (a territory, district, etc.) subject to particular legal restrictions.
verb (used without object)
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to make a proclamation.
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Proclaims
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Word Origin & History
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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