[proh-kleym, pruh-] 
| 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. |
| 8. | to make a proclamation. |
| pro·claim (prō-klām', prə-) tr.v. pro·claimed, pro·claim·ing, pro·claims
[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. |
