proclaim

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To announce something publicly and clearly.

   The crowd cheered as the king proclaimed the end of the war.

2. 2
   verb

   To show or make something clearly obvious.

   His expensive suit proclaimed his wealth.

From Middle English proclamen, proclaime, from Old French proclamer, from Latin prōclāmō, prōclāmāre, from prō- (“forth”) + clāmō (“to shout, cry out”). Spelling altered by influence of claim, from the same Latin source (clāmō).

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