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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
advertise, affirm, allege, announce, annunciate, antecede, antedate, anticipate, argue, articulate, assert, assever, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, be before, be early, bid, blare, blare forth, blaze, blaze abroad, blazon, blazon about, brand, broadcast, bruit about, call on, call the signals, call upon, celebrate, characterize, charge, circulate, come before, command, commission, contend, cry, cry out, declaim, declare, decree, demonstrate, dictate, direct, disseminate, dogmatize, enjoin, enunciate, evidence, evince, exhibit, express, forerun, give an order, give notice, give the word, go before, harbinger, have, herald, herald abroad, hold, illustrate, insist, instruct, issue a command, issue a manifesto, issue a writ, lay down, maintain, make known, mandate, manifest, manifesto, mark, notify, nuncupate, oracle, oraculate, ordain, order, order about, pontificate, preannounce, precede, precurse, predate, predicate, preexist, profess, promulgate, pronounce, protest, publish, put, put it, quote, recite, relate, report, rule, run before, say, say the word, set down, shout, speak, speak out, speak up, stand for, stand on, state, submit, thunder, thunder forth, trumpet, trumpet forth, usher in, utter, vent, ventilate, voice
Dictionary Results for proclaim:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
proclaim
    v 1: declare formally; declare someone to be something; of
         titles; "He was proclaimed King"
    2: state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed";
       "The King will proclaim an amnesty" [syn: proclaim,
       exclaim, promulgate]
    3: affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech
       predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
       [syn: predicate, proclaim]
    4: praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's
       children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" [syn: laud,
       extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Proclaim \Pro*claim"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proclaimed; p. pr.
   & vb. n. Proclaiming.] [OE. proclamen, L. proclamare; pro
   before, forward + clamare to call or cry out: cf. F.
   proclamer. See Claim.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. To make known by public announcement; to give wide
      publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to
      declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.
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            To proclaim liberty to the captives.  --Isa. lxi. 1.
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            For the apparel oft proclaims the man. --Shak.
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            Throughout the host proclaim
            A solemn council forthwith to be held. --Milton.
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   2. To outlaw by public proclamation.
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            I heard myself proclaimed.            --Shak.
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   Syn: To publish; promulgate; declare; announce. See
        Announce.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Announce \An*nounce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Announced; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Announcing.] [OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L.
   annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius
   messenger, bearer of news. See Nuncio, and cf.
   Annunciate.]
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   1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known;
      to publish; to proclaim.
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            Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through
            the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts.
                                                  --Gilpin.
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   2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
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            Publish laws, announce
            Or life or death.                     --Prior.
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   Syn: To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare;
        promulgate.

   Usage: To Publish, Announce, Proclaim, Promulgate. We
          publish what we give openly to the world, either by
          oral communication or by means of the press; as, to
          publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We
          announce what we declare by anticipation, or make
          known for the first time; as, to announce the speedy
          publication of a book; to announce the approach or
          arrival of a distinguished personage. We proclaim
          anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to
          proclaim the news of victory. We promulgate when
          we proclaim more widely what has before been known by
          some; as, to promulgate the gospel.
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