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Definition of Proclaim
1. Verb. Declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles. "He was proclaimed King"
2. Verb. State or announce. "They proclaim that there was a traffic accident "; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"
Specialized synonyms: Declare, Trumpet, Clarion
Generic synonyms: Declare
Derivative terms: Exclamation, Exclamatory, Proclamation, Promulgation, Promulgation, Promulgation
3. Verb. Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of. "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
Generic synonyms: Assert, Asseverate, Maintain
Derivative terms: Predication
4. Verb. Praise, glorify, or honor. "Sam and Sue proclaim the movie "; "Glorify one's spouse's cooking"
Generic synonyms: Praise
Specialized synonyms: Canonise, Canonize, Ensky, Crack Up, Hymn
Derivative terms: Exaltation, Extoller, Extolment, Glorification, Glorification, Glory, Glory, Laudable, Laudatory, Lauder
Definition of Proclaim
1. v. t. To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.
Definition of Proclaim
1. Verb. To excitedly, verbosely and candidly describe. ¹
2. Verb. To announce or declare. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Proclaim
1. to make known publicly or officially [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proclaim
Literary usage of Proclaim
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jane Austen's Works by Jane Austen, James Edward Austen-Leigh (1882)
"... assist in the due celebration of that festival which requires a more than
ordinary share of private balls and large dinners to proclaim its importance. ..."
2. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"And shall I proclaim further, 'whether seen or unseen by gods and men'? Do. so.
Then this, I said, will be the first proof; and there is another, ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1837)
"Massacre of Carlist Prisoners at Barcelona—Attempt to proclaim the Constitution
of 1812—Discussions in the Caries он the Electoral Law—Ministers arc left in ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1880)
"proclaim JULIAN EMPEROR. short pause, were dismissed to their quarters. The principal
officers were entertained by the Caesar, who professed, in the warmest ..."
5. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"Majesty, in order to cause all the powers of Christendom to proclaim the abolition
of the slave trade, in such manner that the said trade may cease ..."
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