declaim
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French declamer, from Latin dēclāmō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
declaim (third-person singular simple present declaims, present participle declaiming, simple past and past participle declaimed)
- To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech.
- To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
- Bancroft
- Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act.
- Bancroft
- To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking.
- The students declaim twice a week.
Translations[edit]
to object vociferously
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to recite in theatrical way
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to recite as rhetorical exercise
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