Declaim definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DECLA'IM, v.i. [L ... to make a formal speech, or oration; as, the students declaim twice a week. 2. To harangue; to speak loudly or ... r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: recite in elocution [syn: declaim, recite] 2: speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society" [syn: declaim, inveigh] Merriam Webster's verb Etymology: Middle English declamen, from ... f. L declamare (as DE-, CLAIM) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Declaim De*claim", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Declaimed; p. pr ... a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week. 2. To speak for rhetorical display; ...
... to speak or utter in a pompous or oratorical manner ; declaim < a candidate spouting empty promises > intransitive verb 1. to issue ... 2. to eject material (as liquid) in a jet 3. declaim • spouter noun II. noun Date: 14th century 1. a pipe ... out (through a narrow orifice), squirt. 2. Utter (pompously), mouth, declaim, speak. III. v. n. 1. Gush, issue, spirt. 2. ( Colloq. ) Declaim, rant, make a speech, hold forth, speechify. 1811 Dictionary of ... clack, clamber, clatter, climb, climbing, cloudburst, conduit, debate, debouch, decant, declaim, deluge, demagogue, deposit, destroyed, dip, discharge, disembogue, disgorge, disgorgement, dither ...
... harangued; haranguing) Date: 1640 intransitive verb to make a harangue ; declaim transitive verb to address in a harangue < haranguing me…on ... Cf. F. haranguer, It. aringare.] To make an harangue; to declaim. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Harangue Ha*rangue", v. t. To ... Speak to a large assembly, make a formal address. 2. Declaim, spout, make a declamatory speech, indulge in a tirade. III ... Thesaurus address, after-dinner speech, allocution, assignment, chalk talk, debate, declaim, declamation, demagogue, diatribe, discourse, disquisition, elocute, eulogy, exercise, exhortation, explain ...
... the speaking voice ; pronounce (2) to give a recitation of ; declaim b. to express orally ; declare < free to speak their minds ... 3. Plead, spout, hold forth, make a speech, discourse, harangue, declaim. 4. Treat, make mention, discourse, tell. 5. Sound, resound, give ... with, confab, confabulate, contend, converse, converse with, convey, deal with, declaim, declare, defend, deliver an address, demand, descant, dilate, dip, dip ...
... haranguing. DECLA'IMING, n. A harangue. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Declaim De*claim", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Declaimed; p. pr ... a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week. 2. To speak for rhetorical display; to ... arguments in debate; to rant. Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act. --Bancroft.
... n. --v. 1 intr. use bombastic language. 2 tr. & intr. declaim, recite theatrically. 3 tr. & intr. preach noisily. --n. 1 a ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. v. n. Spout, declaim (boisterously), rave (in high-sounding phrases), vociferate, mouth, tear a ... catch fire, catch the infection, chafe, claptrap, come apart, debate, declaim, demagogue, destroy, dote, double-talk, drivel, drool, elocute, excite easily ...
... exercise in elocution or rhetoric Merriam Webster's noun see declaim Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 the act or art of ... Derivatives: declamatory adj. Etymology: F déclamation or L declamatio (as DECLAIM) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Declamation Dec`la*ma"tion, n ... L. declamatio, from declamare: cf. F. d['e]clamation. See Declaim.] 1. The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing ...
... transitive verb 1. a. speak, pronounce b. to utter bombastically ; declaim c. to repeat without comprehension or sincerity < always mouthing platitudes ... tr. & intr. utter or speak solemnly or with affectations; rant, declaim (mouthing platitudes). 2 tr. utter very distinctly. 3 intr. a ... food, consumer, converse, cove, creek, crestfallen, crow, debate, debouch, debouchment, declaim, dejected, delta, demagogue, despondent, diner, diner-out, disclose, discover, disheartened ...
Declaimed definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Declaim De*claim", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Declaimed; p. pr ... a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week. 2. To speak for rhetorical display; to ... arguments in debate; to rant. Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act. --Bancroft.
... he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society" [syn: declaim, inveigh] Merriam Webster's intransitive verb Etymology: Latin invehi to ... in + vehere to carry. See Vehicle, and cf. Invective.] To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious ...
... rated; -rating) Etymology: Latin peroratus, past participle of perorare to declaim at length, wind up an oration, from per- through + orare ... spout, harangue. Moby Thesaurus abort, cease, chatter, close, conclude, debate, declaim, demagogue, determine, drag out, draw out, elocute, end, extend, fill ...