† acclamatev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. = acclaim v. (in various senses).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > approve of, accept, or sanction [verb (transitive)]
loveeOE
underfoc1000
underfong?c1225
undertakea1250
provec1300
allowa1325
favour1340
approvec1380
seem?c1450
conprovec1503
avow1530
rectify1567
annuate1585
to be for1590
sancite1597
improve1603
applauda1616
acclamate1624
resenta1646
own1649
comprobate1660
sanction1797
likea1825
approbate1833
to hold with (arch. of, on, for)1895
agree1900
endorse1914
condone1962
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)]
heryc735
mickleeOE
loveOE
praise?c1225
upraisea1300
alosec1300
commenda1340
allow1340
laud1377
lose1377
avauntc1380
magnifya1382
enhancea1400
roosea1400
recommendc1400
recommanda1413
to bear up?a1425
exalt1430
to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445
laudifyc1470
gloryc1475
advance1483
to bear out1485
prizec1485
to be or to have in laudationa1500
joya1500
extol1509
collaud1512
concend?1521
solemnize?1521
celebrate1522
stellify1523
to set up1535
well-word1547
predicate1552
glorify1557
to set forth1565
admire1566
to be up with1592
voice1594
magnificate1598
plaud1598
concelebrate1599
encomionize1599
to con laud1602
applauda1616
panegyrize1617
acclamate1624
to set offa1625
acclaim1626
raise1645
complement1649
encomiate1651
voguec1661
phrase1675
to set out1688
Alexander1700
talk1723
panegyricize1777
bemouth1799
eulogizea1810
rhapsodize1819
crack up1829
rhapsody1847
1624 E. Bolton Nero Caesar 258 Nero therefore, who was so auerse to all martiall expeditions,..was now notwithstanding, with as shrill, and ioyous showts acclamated Imperator.
1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 49 Which causes that axiom to be so acclamated among Politicians.
1781 H. Alline Two Mites xiv. 270 Angels and Archangels acclamate their safe Arrival to the celestial World.
1831 Niles' Weekly Reg. 7 May 167/1 We highly approve of the talented and dignified course heretofore displayed by him in the senate of the United States, which has already been acclamated by his re-election to that honorable station.
1848 L. Armstrong Signs of Times iii. 97 The convention can agree if they will, and unanimously adopt the resolution, acclamated by thirty cheers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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