proclaim

tr.v., -claimed, -claim·ing, -claims.

1. To announce officially and publicly; declare. See synonyms at announce.
2. To indicate conspicuously; make plain: wearing a button that proclaimed my choice for president.
3. To praise; extol.

[Middle English proclamen, proclaimen (influenced by claimen, to claim), from Old French proclamer, from Latin prōclāmāre : prō-, forward; see pro-¹ + clāmāre, to cry out.]

proclaimer pro·claim'er n.
proclamatory pro·clam'a·to'ry (prō-klăm'ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.

verb

1. To bring to public notice or make known publicly: advertise, announce, annunciate, broadcast, declare, promulgate, publish. See knowledge/ignorance, words.
2. To make known the presence or arrival of: announce, herald, introduce, usher in. See knowledge/ignorance, start/end.
3. To make manifest or apparent: demonstrate, display, evidence, evince, exhibit, manifest, reveal, show. See show/hide.

v

Definition: advertise, make known
Antonyms: conceal, hide

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IN BRIEF: v. - Praise, glorify, or honor; State or announce; Declare formally.

Only by guarding the truth itself can we guard the greatest of all our liberties-the right to proclaim the truth — Lord Southwood

Common misspelling(s) of proclaimed

• proclamed

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - bekendtgøre, erklære, forbyde

Nederlands (Dutch)
formeel verklaren, ver-/afkondigen, uitroepen

Français (French)
v. tr. - proclamer (que)

Deutsch (German)
v. - ausrufen, erklären

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αναγορεύω, ανακηρύσσω, (δια)κηρύσσω, προκηρύσσω, φανερώνω, δείχνω

Italiano (Italian)
proclamare, annunciare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - proclamar

Русский (Russian)
заявлять, провозглашать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - proclamar, declarar, revelar, prohibir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tillkännage, deklarera, utse till, visa, röja, påbjuda

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
宣告, 声明, 公布, 表明, 显示

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 宣告, 聲明, 公佈, 表明, 顯示

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 포고하다, 공포하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 宣言する, 発表する, 明らかに示す, 公表する, 公布する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يدعي, يعلن, يصرح, يدل على, ينادي ب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הכריז, העיד על, גילה, הצהיר, הודיע על, היווה אות‬

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