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    [Verb]  | "de*claim" | \ di-ˈklām \


    1: to speak rhetorically; specifically : to recite something as an exercise in elocution

    2: to speak pompously or bombastically : harangue

    3: to deliver rhetorically; specifically : to recite in elocution


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English declamen, from Latin declamare, from de- + clamare to cry out; akin to Latin calare to call {mat|low:3|};

    [Verb]  | "declaimed" 


    1: to give a formal often extended talk on a subject;


      * e.g., " ... over the last two centuries some of the most illustrious personages of their times have declaimed in the town's historic lyceum "



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    2: to talk as if giving an important and formal speech;


      * e.g., " ... he declaimed at some length about the nation's obligation to spread democratic values around the world "



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    [Verb]  | "declaim" 


    1: to give a formal often extended talk on a subject;


      * e.g., " ... over the last two centuries some of the most illustrious personages of their times have declaimed in the town's historic lyceum "



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    2: to talk as if giving an important and formal speech;


      * e.g., " ... he declaimed at some length about the nation's obligation to spread democratic values around the world "



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