Proclaim

/pɹəʊˈkleɪm/ · verb

Meaning

To announce or declare..

Definitions by Sense

1. To announce or declare.
2. (dated or historical) To make (something) the subject of an official proclamation bringing it within the scope of emergency powers.

Example Sentences

Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.

You have seen it for yourselves in the play by Aristophanes, where Socrates goes whirling round, proclaiming that he is walking on air, and uttering a great deal of other nonsense about things of which I know nothing whatsoever.

Were those baronies proclaimed at the time you were in them? –Some of them are; the barony of Duhallow is proclaimed.

… the Magistrates present, naturally excited by the occurrence, applied to Government to proclaim the baronies in which the outrage had occurred …

In due course the Dáil was proclaimed, fruitless efforts were made to suppress it and all its institutions, including, of course, the IRA.

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• proclaims
• proclaiming
• proclaimed
• proclaime
• proclame

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