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acclaimed

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ac·claim  (-klm)
v. ac·claimed, ac·claim·ing, ac·claims
v.tr.
1. To praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud. See Synonyms at praise.
2. To acknowledge or declare with enthusiastic approval: She was acclaimed person of the year.
v.intr.
To shout approval.
n.
Enthusiastic applause; acclamation.

[From Latin acclmre : ad-, ad- + clmre, to shout; see kel-2 in Indo-European roots.]

ac·claimer n.
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acclaimed
adjective celebrated, famous, acknowledged, praised, outstanding, distinguished, admired, renowned, noted, highly rated, eminent, revered, famed, illustrious, well received, much vaunted, highly esteemed, much touted, well thought of, lionized, highly thought of She has published six highly acclaimed novels.
criticized, badly or poorly received, undistinguished, unacknowledged, unacclaimed
Translations
acclaimed [əˈkleɪmd] adj [person, artist, work of art] → acclamé(e)
highly acclaimed → très acclamé(e)


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Not only did his contempories, carried away by their passions, talk in this way, but posterity and history have acclaimed Napoleon as grand, while Kutuzov is described by foreigners as a crafty, dissolute, weak old courtier, and by Russians as something indefinite- a sort of puppet useful only because he had a Russian name.
In every dream of that wonderful future, of a more splendid and triumphant France, he saw himself on the pinnacle of fame, himself acclaimed by millions the strong great man, the liberator.
The rose is the flower of love--the world has acclaimed it so for centuries.
 
 
 
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