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English Dictionary: Proclaim by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proclaim
v
  1. declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles; "He was proclaimed King"
  2. state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"
    Synonym(s): proclaim, exclaim, promulgate
  3. affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
    Synonym(s): predicate, proclaim
  4. praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"
    Synonym(s): laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Proclaim \Pro*claim"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proclaimed}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Proclaiming}.] [OE. proclamen, L. proclamare; pro
      before, forward + clamare to call or cry out: cf. F.
      proclamer. See {Claim}.]
      1. To make known by public announcement; to give wide
            publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to
            declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.
  
                     To proclaim liberty to the captives.   --Isa. lxi. 1.
  
                     For the apparel oft proclaims the man. --Shak.
  
                     Throughout the host proclaim A solemn council
                     forthwith to be held.                        --Milton.
  
      2. To outlaw by public proclamation.
  
                     I heard myself proclaimed.                  --Shak.
  
      Syn: To publish; promulgate; declare; announce. See
               {Announce}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Announce \An*nounce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Announced}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Announcing}.] [OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L.
      annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius
      messenger, bearer of news. See {Nuncio}, and cf.
      {Annunciate}.]
      1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known;
            to publish; to proclaim.
  
                     Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through
                     the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts.
                                                                              --Gilpin.
  
      2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
  
                     Publish laws, announce Or life or death. --Prior.
  
      Syn: To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare;
               promulgate.
  
      Usage: To {Publish}, {Announce}, {Proclaim}, {Promulgate}. We
                  {publish} what we give openly to the world, either by
                  oral communication or by means of the press; as, to
                  publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We
                  {announce} what we declare by anticipation, or make
                  known for the first time; as, to {announce} the speedy
                  publication of a book; to {announce} the approach or
                  arrival of a distinguished personage. We {proclaim}
                  anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to
                  {proclaim} the news of victory. We {promulgate} when
                  we proclaim more widely what has before been known by
                  some; as, to {promulgate} the gospel.
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