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Dec 1, 2009
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de•claim



Pronunciation: (di-klām'), [key]
—v.i.
1. to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech: Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
2. to inveigh (usually fol. by against): He declaimed against the high rents in slums.
3. to speak or write for oratorical effect, as without sincerity or sound argument.

—v.t.
to utter aloud in an oratorical manner: to declaim a speech.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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