proclaim
Meaning
- To announce or declare.
- To make [something] the subject of an official proclamation bringing it within the scope of emergency powers
Synonyms
declare
make a statement
make public
spread the news
disclose
cry aloud
spread news
declare publicly
assert strongly
an-nounce
declare aloud
blazon out
allege
declare oneself
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pro‧claim
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɹəʊˈkleɪm/
Etymology
From Middle English proclamen, proclaime, from Old French proclamer, from Latin prōclāmō, prōclāmāre, from prō- (“forth”) + clāmō (“to shout, cry out”). Spelling altered by influence of claim, from the same Latin source (clāmō).
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