Associations to the word «Proclaim»

Wiktionary

PROCLAIM, verb. To excitedly, verbosely and candidly describe.
PROCLAIM, verb. To announce or declare.

Dictionary definition

PROCLAIM, verb. Declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles; "He was proclaimed King".
PROCLAIM, verb. State or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty".
PROCLAIM, verb. Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President".
PROCLAIM, verb. Praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats