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Word: Declaim
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English: from French déclamer or Latin declamare, from de- (expressing thoroughness) + clamare ‘to shout’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪˈkleɪm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
utter or deliver words in a rhetorical or impassioned way, as if to an audience
Short Definition:utter or deliver words in rhetorical or impassioned way
Examples:- she declaimed her views
- a preacher declaiming from the pulpit
- an opportunity to declaim against the evils of society
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