proclaim Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles
    • He was proclaimed King
  2. verb state or announce
    exclaim; promulgate.
    • `I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed
    • The King will proclaim an amnesty
  3. verb affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
    predicate.
    • The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President
  4. verb praise, glorify, or honor
    exalt; glorify; extol; laud.
    • extol the virtues of one's children
    • glorify one's spouse's cooking

WordNet

Pro*claim" transitive verb
Etymology
OE. proclamen, L. proclamare; pro before, forward + clamare to call or cry out: cf. F. proclamer. See Claim.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Proclaimed ; present participle & verbal noun Proclaiming
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913