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undeclaimed
de·claim
/
dɪˈkleɪm
/
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[
dih-
kleym
]
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verb (used without object)
1.
to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech:
Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
2.
to inveigh (usually followed by
against
):
He declaimed against the high rents in slums.
3.
to speak or write for oratorical effect, as without sincerity or
sound
argument.
verb (used with object)
4.
to utter aloud in an oratorical manner:
to declaim a speech.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
declamen
<
Latin
dēclāmāre,
equivalent to
dē-
de-
+
clāmāre
to cry, shout; see
claim
Related forms
de·claim·er,
noun
un·de·claimed,
adjective
un·de·claim·ing,
adjective
Can be confused:
declaim,
disclaim
.
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World English Dictionary
declaim
(dɪˈkleɪm)
—
vb
(foll by
against
)
1.
to make (a speech, statement, etc) loudly and in a rhetorical manner
2.
to speak lines from (a play, poem, etc) with studied eloquence; recite
3.
to protest (against) loudly and publicly
[C14: from Latin
dēclāmāre,
from
clāmāre
to call out]
de'claimer
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
declaim
late 14c., from L. declamare, from de- intens. prefix + clamare "to cry, shout" (see
claim
). At first in Eng. spelled declame, but altered under influence of claim.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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