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Definition of proclaiming - 2 dictionary results

pro⋅claim

[proh-kleym, pruh-]
–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


pro⋅claim⋅er, noun


1. advertise. See announce. 2. promulgate.
pro·claim   (prō-klām', prə-)   
tr.v.   pro·claimed, pro·claim·ing, pro·claims
  1. To announce officially and publicly; declare. See Synonyms at announce.
  2. To indicate conspicuously; make plain: wearing a button that proclaimed my choice for president.
  3. 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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