proclaim
/pɹoʊˈkleɪm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To make (something) the subject of an official proclamation bringing it within the scope of emergency powers.
Dated
Example Sentences
- "Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes."
- "You have seen it for yourselves in the play by Aristophanes, where Socrates goes whirling round, proclaiming that he is walking on air, and uttering a great deal of other nonsense about things of which I know nothing whatsoever."
- "Were those baronies proclaimed at the time you were in them? –Some of them are; the barony of Duhallow is proclaimed."
- "… the Magistrates present, naturally excited by the occurrence, applied to Government to proclaim the baronies in which the outrage had occurred …"
- "In due course the Dáil was proclaimed, fruitless efforts were made to suppress it and all its institutions, including, of course, the IRA."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *per-, proclamen, proclamer, proclamo
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɹoʊˈkleɪm/
- British English: /pɹəʊˈkleɪm/