to ask for (something), esp as a right
She claimed Income Support
to require or demand (something)
to take or account for (something, esp a life)
Bubonic plague claimed thousands of lives
to take (something) as the rightful owner
to assert (something) in the face of possible contradiction; to maintain without proof
He claimed that he'd been cheated
to end (somebody's life)
to make a claim; to claim something
Amazingly, some Lottery winners fail to claim
(+ for) to make a claim under the terms of e.g. an insurance policy
claimable adj
claimer noun
[Middle English claimen via Old Frenchfrom Latin clamare to cry out, shout]