[de.claim] vb [ME declamen, fr. L declamare, fr. de- + clamare to cry out; akin to L calare to call--more at low] vi (14c) 1: to speak rhetorically; specif: to recite something as an exercise in elocution
2: to speak pompously or bombastically: harangue ~ vt: to deliver rhetorically; specif: to recite in elocution -- de.claim.er n -- dec.la.ma.tion n