declaim
verb /dɪˈkleɪm/
/dɪˈkleɪm/
[transitive, intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they declaim | /dɪˈkleɪm/ /dɪˈkleɪm/ |
| he / she / it declaims | /dɪˈkleɪmz/ /dɪˈkleɪmz/ |
| past simple declaimed | /dɪˈkleɪmd/ /dɪˈkleɪmd/ |
| past participle declaimed | /dɪˈkleɪmd/ /dɪˈkleɪmd/ |
| -ing form declaiming | /dɪˈkleɪmɪŋ/ /dɪˈkleɪmɪŋ/ |
- to say something loudly; to speak loudly and with force about something you feel strongly about, especially in public
- declaim something She declaimed the famous opening speech of the play.
- declaim against something He declaimed against the evils of alcohol.
- declaim that… She stood up and loudly declaimed that prizes are not important.
- + speech ‘All the world's a stage,’ he declaimed.
Word Originlate Middle English: from French déclamer or Latin declamare, from de- (expressing thoroughness) + clamare ‘to shout’.