declaim
verbUK /dɪˈkleɪm/
Etymology From Middle French declamer, from Latin dēclāmō.
1
To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech.
2
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.
- Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act.1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC:
3
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.
4
Proscribed To disclaim, disavow.
- He now declaimed having intended any thing disrespectful to the Senate in the expression he had used.1835 February 20, “Mr. Adams and the French”, in North River Times:
- Unless these conditions are fulfilled we declaim responsibility.1928 September, “The Cooperation of the Pharmacist and the Wholesale Druggist (advertisement)”, in Druggist's Circular, page 77:
1 more example
- Of course, a small minority has always declaimed any religious affiliation, and some agnostics have been prominent figures in American public life.2009, Christopher McKnight Nichols, “The "New" No-Religionists”, in Culture:
- Derived terms
- declaimer, declamation, declamatory, undeclaimed