proclaim | ||
1. | [ verb ] declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles | |
Examples: | : "He was proclaimed King" |
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Related terms: | entitle announcement | |
2. | [ verb ] state or announce | |
Synonyms: | exclaim promulgate | |
Examples: | `I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed "The King will proclaim an amnesty" |
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Related terms: | declare declare trumpet declare clarion promulgation ecphonesis proclamation | |
3. | [ verb ] affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of | |
Synonyms: | predicate | |
Examples: | "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President" |
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Related terms: | assert postulation | |
4. | [ verb ] praise, glorify, or honor | |
Synonyms: | glorify exalt extol laud | |
Examples: | : "extol the virtues of one's children" "glorify one's spouse's cooking" |
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Related terms: | praise ensky hymn canonize crack_up glory glory deification laudator | |
Similar spelling: |
proclaimed Procellaria Pricilla prickling proclivity prickly prickle Preslar |