proclaim
v.
announce, declare; state publicly and officially; publicize, advertize
Proclaim
proclaim
Verb
1. declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles; "He was proclaimed King"
(hypernym) entitle, title
(derivation) announcement, proclamation, annunciation, declaration
2. state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' " he exclaimed; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"
(synonym) exclaim, promulgate
(hypernym) declare
(hyponym) declare
(derivation) proclamation, promulgation
3. affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
(synonym) predicate
(hypernym) assert, asseverate, maintain
4. praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"
(synonym) laud, extol, exalt, glorify
(hypernym) praise
(hyponym) canonize, canonise
Proclaim
(v. t.)
To outlaw by public proclamation.
(v. t.)
To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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proclaim
Synonyms and related words:
advertise, affirm, allege, announce, annunciate, antecede, antedate, anticipate, argue, articulate, assert, assever, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, be before, be early, bid, blare, blare forth, blaze, blaze abroad, blazon, blazon about, brand, broadcast, bruit about, call on, call the signals, call upon, celebrate, characterize, charge, circulate, come before, command, commission, contend, cry, cry out, declaim, declare, decree, demonstrate, dictate, direct, disseminate, dogmatize, enjoin, enunciate, evidence, evince, exhibit, express, forerun, give an order, give notice, give the word, go before, harbinger, have, herald, herald abroad, hold, illustrate, insist, instruct, issue a command, issue a manifesto, issue a writ, lay down, maintain, make known, mandate, manifest, manifesto, mark, notify, nuncupate, oracle, oraculate, ordain, order, order about, pontificate, preannounce, precede, precurse, predate, predicate, preexist, profess, promulgate, pronounce, protest, publish, put, put it, quote, recite, relate, report, rule, run before, say, say the word, set down, shout, speak, speak out, speak up, stand for, stand on, state, submit, thunder, thunder forth, trumpet, trumpet forth, usher in, utter, vent, ventilate, voice
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Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.