exclame
exclame is the obsolete form of exclaim.
Meaning of exclaim
Verb
exclaim (third-person singular simple present exclaims, present participle exclaiming, simple past and past participle exclaimed)
- To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
- I am a soldier, and unapt to weep,
Or to exclaim on fortune’s fickleness.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- I am a soldier, and unapt to weep,
- To say suddenly and with strong emotion.
- Must she be forc’d, t’exclaime th’iniurious wrong?
Offred by him, whom she hath lou’d so long?
Nay, I will tell, and I durst almost sweare,
Edward will blush, when he his fault shall heare.1603, Michael Drayton, “Alice Countesse of Salisburie, to the blacke Prince”, in The Barrons Wars in the Raigne of Edward the Second, London: N. Ling, page 31
- Must she be forc’d, t’exclaime th’iniurious wrong?
Forms of exclame
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | exclames |
| present participle | exclaming |
| past participle | exclamed |
| past | exclamed |
| Noun | |
| plural | exclames |
Questions about exclame
- What is exclame the obsolete form of?
- Exclame is the obsolete form of exclaim.
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