[prəˈkleɪm], (Verb)

Definitions:
- announce officially or publicly
(e.g: they proclaimed that housing shortages would be solved within ten years)

- indicate clearly
(e.g: his high, intelligent forehead proclaimed a strength of mind that was almost tangible)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English proclame, from Latin proclamare ‘cry out’, from pro- ‘forth’ + clamare ‘to shout’. The change in the second syllable was due to association with the verb claim