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单词 declaim
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declaimn.

Etymology: < declaim v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈclaim.
rare.
= declamation n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > denunciation > [noun]
proclamation1561
declamation1614
pillory1770
denunciation1842
declaim1922
1922 T. Hardy Late Lyrics & Earlier 165 I went where my friend had lectioned The prophets in high declaim.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

declaimv.

/dɪˈkleɪm/
Forms: Also Middle English–1600s -clame, 1600s -claime, -clayme.
Etymology: Formerly declame , < Latin dēclāmāre , < de- prefix 1c + clāmāre to cry: subsequently assimilated to claim. Compare French déclamer (1549 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).
I. intransitive.
1. (a) To speak aloud with studied rhetorical force and expression; to make a speech on a set subject or theme as an exercise in public oratory or disputation. (b) To recite with elocutionary or rhetorical effect. chiefly U.S.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > rhetoric > [verb (intransitive)] > declaim
declaim1552
elocute1884
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Declame or exercise fayned argument in pleadynge, vsed among lawers called mooting.
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 83 When you and I declamed together last.
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1637 (1955) II. 20 I offerd at my first exercise in the Hall, and answerd myne Opponent: and upon the 11th following declaymed in the Chapell before the Master, Fellows & Scholars according to the Custome.
1748 J. Mason Ess. Elocution 11 A Weakness of Voice; which he cured by frequently declaiming on the Sea-Shore, amidst the Noise of the Waves.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits i. 28 Wordsworth, standing apart, and reciting to me..like a school-boy declaiming.
2. to declaim against: to speak in an impassioned oratorical manner in reprobation or condemnation of; to inveigh against.
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > denunciation > denounce [verb (transitive)]
denouncea1400
proclaim?a1513
prescrive1562
aban1565
denunciate1593
to cry shame on, upon, of1600
to call down1605
to declaim against1611
declaim1614
proscribe1622
mouth1743
1611 B. Jonson Catiline iv. sig. I2v What are his mischiefs, Consul? you declame Against his manners, and corrupt your owne. View more context for this quotation
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. vi. 21 Thus is it the humour of many heads to extoll the dayes of their forefathers, and declaime against the wickednesse of times present. View more context for this quotation
1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. ii. ix. 239 They loudly declaimed against the King's insincerity.
1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope viii. 196 A generous patriot declaiming against the growth of luxury.
3.
a. To speak aloud in an impassioned oratorical manner, with appeals to the emotions rather than the reason of the audience; to harangue.
ΘΠ
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > make a speech [verb (intransitive)] > harangue or declaim
spout1556
harangue1660
declaim1735
bloviate1845
to bust (a person's) balls1946
1735 G. Berkeley Def. Free-thinking in Math. §33 Instead of giving a reason you declaim.
1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. xvii. 134 Let him declaim as pompously as he chooses upon the subject.
1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) ii. 27 Tom Webster bustled and declaimed, while Sergeant Rayne quietly argued.
1884 R. Glover in Christian World 9 Oct. 766/3 To declaim is more easy than to convince.
b. quasi-transitive with complement.
Π
1755 Monitor 16 Aug. ⁋2 Some late patriots..declaimed themselves into power.
II. transitive.
4. To discuss aloud; to debate. Obsolete. rare.The early date of the quotation, so long before the verb is otherwise known in English or French, as well as the sense, is notable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > academic or public disputation > debate formally [verb (transitive)]
declaimc1374
debatec1400
forensicate1858
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus ii. 1198 As þey declamede [4 MSS. 1410–25; Harl. 3943 declarid] þis matere, Lo Troylus..Come rydende.
5. To speak or utter aloud with studied rhetorical expression; to repeat or recite rhetorically.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > rhetoric > [verb (transitive)] > declaim
spout1542
declaim1577
perorate1681
elocute1963
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 49 Weerying you with the declaiming of my poore skill in the tilling of the Feeld.
a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VIII. iii. 82 Whosoever strives to beget or foment in his heart, such [malignant] persuasions concerning God, makes himself the devil's orator, and declaims his cause.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 35 He then declaimed the following passage, rather with too much than too little emphasis.
1885 R. L. Stevenson in Contemp. Rev. 555 In declaiming a so-called iambic verse, it may so happen that we never utter one iambic foot.
6. = to declaim against at sense 2; to decry, denounce. Obsolete.
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > denunciation > denounce [verb (transitive)]
denouncea1400
proclaim?a1513
prescrive1562
aban1565
denunciate1593
to cry shame on, upon, of1600
to call down1605
to declaim against1611
declaim1614
proscribe1622
mouth1743
1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket ii. 42 This Banket then..is at once declared and declaimed, spoken of and forbidden.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Declaime, to speake ill of.

Derivatives

deˈclaiming n. and adj.
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > rhetoric > [noun]
rhetoricc1330
pronunciation?a1439
rhetory?a1500
well-speaking1511
oratorya1522
rhetorism1569
declaiming1577
pronouncec1600
acroama1603
eloquence1623
rhetoricalness1670
hypocritic1776
union1834
Speakership1887
oracy1965
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > rhetoric > [adjective] > using rhetoric
rhetoricala1645
declaiming1701
perorating1837
1577 [see sense 5].
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 931 He used otherwhiles to goe downe to the water side..for to exercise himselfe in declaiming.
1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 95 Humane fallacies and declaymings.
1701 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother iv. i. 1684 Yield much matter to declaiming flatterers.
1735 G. Berkeley Def. Free-thinking in Math. §11 In the same manner as any declaiming bigot would defend transubstantiation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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