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declaim [dɪˈkleɪm] vb
1. (Literature / Rhetoric) to make (a speech, statement, etc.) loudly and in a rhetorical manner 2. (Literature / Rhetoric) to speak lines from (a play, poem, etc.) with studied eloquence; recite 3. (intr; foll by against) to protest (against) loudly and publicly [from Latin dēclāmāre, from clāmāre to call out] declaimer n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
declaim Translations declaim vt → deklamieren, vortragen v declaim [diˈkleim] to make (a speech) in an impressive and dramatic manner She declaimed against immorality. voordra, opsê, uitvaar يُلقي خِطابا بصورَةٍ دراميَّه говоря с патос řečnit deklamere wettern αγορεύω declamar jutlustama دکلمه کردن؛ با احساس خواندن lausua déclamer לְדַבֵּר בְּלָהָט प्रभावशाली और नाटकीय ढंग से घोषित करना recitirati, deklamirati szónokol berpidato, berdeklamasi tala hátt og með ákafa declamare 劇的に朗読する 열변을 토하다 rėžti kalbą protestēt berpidato declameren, uitvaren deklamere, ta kraftig til orde for wygłosić (płomienną mowę) arengar a declama говорить с пафосом rečniť deklamirati deklamovati hålla tal, orera, predika แสดงสุนทรพจน์อย่างฉะฉาน etkileyici şekilde konuşmak 作慷慨激昂的演說,演講 виступати زور خطابت کا مظاہرہ diễn thuyết hùng hồn 作慷慨激昂的演说,演讲 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Ingenious men may declaim with plausibility on any subject; but no human ingenuity can point out any other expedient to rescue us from the inconveniences and embarrassments naturally resulting from defective supplies of the public treasury. Usually, he closed the case, and he was immensely effective as he would declaim, in his deep voice: "I submit, Your Honor, that the literature of the world does not afford a passage which states how the human voice can be electrically transmitted, previous to the patent of Mr. Tom did declaim well, for he quite forgot himself, and delivered the stirring ballad with an energy that made Polly flush and tingle with admiration and delight, and quite electrified a second listener, who had heard all that went on, and watched the little scene from behind his newspaper. |
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