What does proclaim mean?

Definitions for proclaim
proʊˈkleɪm, prə-pro·claim

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. proclaimverb

    declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles

    "He was proclaimed King"

  2. proclaim, exclaim, promulgateverb

    state or announce

    "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"

  3. predicate, proclaimverb

    affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of

    "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"

  4. laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaimverb

    praise, glorify, or honor

    "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"

Wiktionary

  1. proclaimverb

    To excitedly, verbosely and candidly describe.

  2. proclaimverb

    To announce or declare.

  3. Etymology: From proclamare, pro- (forth) + clamare (shout, cry out).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To PROCLAIMverb

    Etymology: proclamo, Lat. proclamer, Fr.

    When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, proclaim peace unto it. Deut. xx. 10.

    I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the Lord, to the sword and to the pestilence. Jer. xxxiv. 17.

    Heralds
    With trumpet’s sound, throughout the host proclaim
    A solemn council. John Milton.

    While in another’s name you peace declare,
    Princess, you in your own proclaim a war. Dryden.

    She to the palace led her guest,
    Then offer’d incense, and proclaim’d a feast. Dryden.

    Some profligate wretches, were the apprehensions of punishments or shame taken away, would as openly proclaim their atheism, as their lives do. John Locke.

    While the deathless muse
    Shall sing the just, shall o’er their head diffuse
    Perfumes with lavish hand, she shall proclaim
    Thy crimes alone. Matthew Prior.

    I heard myself proclaimed. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPT

  1. proclaim

    To proclaim is to announce or declare something publicly or officially. It often involves a formal or authoritative statement, or making one's beliefs or feelings known in a strong or emphatic way.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Proclaimverb

    to make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace

  2. Proclaimverb

    to outlaw by public proclamation

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Proclaim

    prō-klām′, v.t. to cry aloud: to publish abroad: to announce officially.—ns. Proclaim′; Proclaim′ant; Proclaim′er; Proclamā′tion, the act of proclaiming: official notice given to the public.—Proclaimed district, a district in which some unusually strict law is brought into force by a form of proclamation. [Fr. proclamer—L. proclamārepro, out, clamāre, to cry.]

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  1. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'proclaim' in Verbs Frequency: #965

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of proclaim in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of proclaim in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of proclaim in a Sentence

  1. James Scott:

    The cyber industry is riddled with faux experts and self-proclaimed scholars, Tallinn Manual 2.0 is a perfect example of what happens when cyber-upstarts try to proclaim authority on a topic they know nothing about.

  2. Attorney General Loretta Lynch:

    What we’re not going to do is further proclaim this man’s pledges of allegiance to terrorist groups, and further his propaganda, we are not going to hear him make his assertions of allegiance [to the Islamic State].

  3. Francis M. Faber Jr.:

    Attention! Pundits!", Please offer the actual dimensions when you proclaim the; LONG AND SHORT OF IT.

  4. Pastor Greg:

    I don’t think anyone will ever take Billy’s place. But we can all, in our own way, follow Billy Graham example and proclaim the same Gospel as Billy Graham did, billy Graham served God’s purpose for Billy Graham generation and then Billy Graham died.

  5. Ramana Pemmaraju:

    When psychologically unfit form the majority in any sect, and yet proclaim to be the only fittest, will not only be a threat to the existence of the sane minority, but are surely catastrophic for the human race as a whole!

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