proclaimed

pro·claim

P0577400 (prō-klām′, prə-)tr.v. pro·claimed, pro·claim·ing, pro·claims 1. To announce officially and publicly; declare: proclaim a general amnesty for political prisoners; proclaim the suspect to be guilty. See Synonyms at announce.2. To state emphatically or authoritatively; affirm: proclaim one's opposition to an idea.3. To indicate conspicuously; make plain: "A painted longbow jutting over his shoulder proclaimed his profession" (Arthur Conan Doyle).

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[Middle English proclamen, proclaimen (influenced by claimen, to claim), from Old French proclamer, from Latin prōclāmāre : prō-, forward; see pro-¹ + clāmāre, to cry out; see kelə- in Indo-European roots.]

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pro·claim′er n.pro·clam′a·to′ry (prō-klăm′ə-tôr′ē) adj.

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proclaimed - declared publicly; made widely known; "their announced intentions"; "the newspaper's proclaimed adherence to the government's policy"announceddeclared - made known or openly avowed; "their declared and their covert objectives"; "a declared liberal"