tr.v., -claimed, -claim·ing, -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.]
proclaimer pro·claim'er n.proclamatory pro·clam'a·to'ry (prō-klăm'ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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