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claim
I. \ˈklām\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English claimen, from claim-, present indicative singular stem of Old French clamer, from Latin clamare to cry out, call; akin to Latin calare to call, summon — more at low
transitive verb
1. obsolete : name, announce, proclaim
2.
a. : to demand recognition of (as a title, distinction, possession, or power) especially as a right
< the papal-imperial partnership which claimed universal rule over all Christendom — W.K.Ferguson >
also : to have as a property or quality
< each rhyme in the verse claims four lines >
< the small child claims the family red hair >
b. : to call for : require
< public health must claim everyone's attention >
: demand especially as a consequence
< the plague claimed thousands of lives >
3.
a.
(1) : to demand delivery or possession of by or as if by right
< he went to claim their bags at the station >
(2) : buy
< claimed a fine horse after the race >
b. : to recognize the fact of or assert often proudly the right to a close or special relationship with (as by reason of birth, residence, common circumstances, or special affinity)
< Paris can claim many significant writers and artists >
< the city can claim the highest accident rate in 10 years >
4. : to assert especially with conviction and in the face of possible contradiction or doubt : maintain
< claimed he saw a ghost >
< some people claim to see beauty in a puddle — Andrew Buchanan >
intransitive verb
obsolete : to assert or establish a right or privilege
Synonyms: see demand
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English claim, claime, from Old French claim, from clamer
1.
a.
(1) : an authoritative or challenging request : demand
< the present age makes great claims upon us — Matthew Arnold >
(2) : a demand of a right or supposed right
< Holland withdrew her claim to the annexation of German territory >
(3) : a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due
< the speaker laid no claim on the intelligence of his audience >
b. : a demand for compensation, benefits, or payment (as one made in conformity with provisions of the Social Security Act or of a workmen's compensation law, one made under an insurance policy upon the happening of the contingency against which it is issued, or one made against a transportation line because of loss occasioned by carrier negligence or overcharge); also : the amount or payment of such a demand
2. : a privilege to something : right
< his claim to be called Europe's leading spokesman >
< a claim to fame >
< liberty itself became … a principle of anarchy rather than a body of claims to be read in the context of the social process — H.J.Laski >
specifically : a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in the possession of another
< an applicant has a special claim on … funds listed — Official Register of Harvard University >
3. : an assertion, statement, or implication (as of value, effectiveness, qualification, eligibility) often made or likely to be suspected of being made without adequate justification
< his claims to sound scholarship >
< appraising the authenticity of some dealer's claim — Edith Diehl >
specifically : the formal assertion of novelty and patentability with specification of particulars made by an applicant for a patent
4. : an assertion of title made (as by a settler, lumberman, prospector) on a tract of land (as one in the public domain) and evidenced by staking or otherwise marking as required by law; also : the tract of land for which such an assertion is made
III. transitive verb
: to assert to be rightfully one's own
< claimed responsibilty for the attack > |