The Collaborative International Dictionary
Proclaim \Pro*claim"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proclaimed; p. pr. & vb. n. Proclaiming.] [OE. proclamen, L. proclamare; pro before, forward + clamare to call or cry out: cf. F. proclamer. See Claim.]
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To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.
To proclaim liberty to the captives.
--Isa. lxi. 1.For the apparel oft proclaims the man.
--Shak.Throughout the host proclaim A solemn council forthwith to be held.
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To outlaw by public proclamation.
I heard myself proclaimed.
--Shak.Syn: To publish; promulgate; declare; announce. See Announce.
Wiktionary
n. proclamation vb. (present participle of proclaim English)
Usage examples of "proclaiming".
I hereby move that Senior Warden Commander Vashnar be indicted for abuse of power, for seeking to instigate the murders of citizens of goodwill in proclaiming the Death Cry, and for instituting the formation of .
Yet those who are loudest in proclaiming their desire to eliminate poverty are loudest in denouncing capitalism.
If taken seriously, such a tag would lead to the ultimate absurdity of the communists proclaiming: "Who does not toil, shall not eat"—and the alleged representatives of capitalism replying: "Oh yes, he shall!
They are proclaiming their right to choose which war they'll fight in—while sympathizing with countries where the individual does not even have the right to choose and utter a thought of his own.
Logical Positivism carried it farther and, in the name of reason, elevated the immemorial psycho-epistemology of shyster-lawyers to the status of a scientific epistemological system—by proclaiming that knowledge consists of linguistic manipulations.
If a determined, disciplined gang of statists were to make an assault on the crumbling remnants of a mixed economy, boldly and explicitly proclaiming the collectivist tenets which the country had accepted by tacit default—what resistance would they encounter?
With a long, loud roar proclaiming victory, Guenhwyvar bounded off toward the lair.
And then they joined in fully, proclaiming the glory of their individual towns as the barbarians did of their tribes.
Bruenor actually initiated it, jumping up onto his table and proclaiming, "Mithril Hall, home of me fathers, ye shall be mine again!
Both the halfling and the woman had calmed quickly, though, and it turned out to be Catti-brie's voice above all the others proclaiming that Wulfgar needed to choose his own course.
The assassin knew that he had taken a chance in proclaiming his intent so openly with the drow who had been fully duped by the Crystal Shard and who was still not completely convinced, despite Entreri's many reminders, that giving up the artifact had been a good thing to do.
He lifted a small log from beside the fire and uttered a quick chant, proclaiming it a "Sha-la-la," and charged for his brother.
His spindly frame shuddered throughout its entire length at the thought of some wretched Moot Page barging in on him inopportunely, seeing his subterfuge and recklessly proclaiming it through the corridors of the Palace.
However, with Vashnar’s proclaiming of the Death Cry and the consequent stirring up of the people, this balance had been disturbed and Bowlott had been placed in the invidious position of being seen to be ‘doing something’.
It served only to compound the other foolish mistake he had made recently – the real cause of his anger – the proclaiming of the Death Cry against Thyrn and, worse, Hyrald and the others.