proclaim
Sayproh-KLAYMUS/pɹoʊˈkleɪm/UK/pɹəʊˈkleɪm/AUS/pɹəʉˈklæɪm/
Formsproclaims, proclaiming, proclaimed
- 1To tell everyone something in a clear, public, and official way.
Like standing on a stage and telling a big crowd your news out loud.
The mayor stepped up to proclaim the start of the festival.
He proclaimed his innocence to the whole courtroom.
Similarannounce, declare, pronounce, broadcast, trumpet
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- 2To officially declare an area under emergency powers through a public order.
The lord lieutenant decided to proclaim the troubled county, placing it under emergency law.
Were those baronies proclaimed at the time you were in them? –Some of them are; the barony of Duhallow is proclaimed.
1824, "MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, Appointed to examine into the Nature and Extent of the…Here, proclaimed means put under an official order giving special emergency powers.Note
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Origin
From Latin, made of prō- meaning "forth" and clāmō meaning "to shout," so it means to shout out.