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proclaimed

Syllables: pro·claimed/pɹoʊˈkleɪmd/

proclaimed is the simple past and past participle of proclaim.

Meaning of proclaim

Verb

proclaim (third-person singular simple present proclaims, present participle proclaiming, simple past and past participle proclaimed)

  1. To announce or declare.
    • Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    disclose
  2. (dated, historical) To make (something) the subject of an official proclamation bringing it within the scope of emergency powers.
    • Were those baronies proclaimed at the time you were in them? –Some of them are; the barony of Duhallow is proclaimed.1824 May 19, "MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, Appointed to examine into the Nature and Extent of the Disturbances which have prevailed in those Districts...

Words that rhyme with proclaimed

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Questions about proclaimed

What is proclaimed the simple past and past participle of?
Proclaimed is the simple past and past participle of proclaim.
How do you pronounce proclaimed?
Proclaimed is pronounced /pɹoʊˈkleɪmd/.

Words near proclaimed in the dictionary

  1. proclaim
  2. proclaimable
  3. proclaimant
  4. proclaimants
  5. proclaime
  6. proclaimed
  7. proclaimedst
  8. proclaimer
  9. proclaimers
  10. proclaimest
  11. proclaimeth

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