acclaim

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
17
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/əˈkleɪm/ (US)

Definition of acclaim

8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (archaic, transitive)To shout; to call out.
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verb

  1. (archaic, transitive)To shout; to call out.
  2. (transitive)To express great approval (for).
    “a highly-acclaimed novel”
    “a widely-acclaimed article”
    “The design, when finally developed, was a slight disappointment to Monsieur Deplis, who had suspected Icarus of being a fortress taken by Wallenstein in the Thirty Years' War, but he was more than satisfied with the execution of the work, which was acclaimed by all who had the privilege of seeing it as Pincini's masterpiece.”
  3. (rare, transitive)To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
  4. (obsolete, transitive)To claim.
  5. (transitive)To declare by acclamations.
    “Thou ſhalt be crown'd— / An Iron Crown, intenſely hot, ſhall gird / Thy hoary Temples; while the ſhouting Crowd / Acclaims thee King of Traitors.”
  6. (Canada)To elect (a politician, etc.) to an office automatically because no other candidates run; elect by acclamation.

noun

  1. (countable, poetic, uncountable)An acclamation; a shout of applause.
  2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A claim.

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Etymology

* First attested in the early 14th century. * (to applaud): First attested in the 1630s. * Borrowed from Latin acclāmō (“raise a cry at; applaud”), formed from ad- + clāmō (“cry out, shout”).

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