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[prəˈkleɪm], (Verb)
Definitions:
- announce officially or publicly
(e.g: they proclaimed that housing shortages would be solved within ten years)
- indicate clearly
(e.g: his high, intelligent forehead proclaimed a strength of mind that was almost tangible)
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Origin
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late Middle English proclame, from Latin proclamare ‘cry out’, from pro- ‘forth’ + clamare ‘to shout’. The change in the second syllable was due to association with the verb claim
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