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claiming
(encz) | claiming,nárokování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Claiming
(gcide) | Claim \Claim\ (kl[=a]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Claimed
(kl[=a]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Claiming.] [OE. clamen,
claimen, OF. clamer, fr. L. clamare to cry out, call; akin to
calare to proclaim, Gr. kalei^n to call, Skr. kal to sound,
G. holen to fetch, E. hale haul.]
1. To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority,
right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to
demand as due.
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2. To proclaim. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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3. To call or name. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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4. To assert; to maintain. [Colloq.]
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acclaiming
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claiming race
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exclaiming
(encz) | exclaiming, n: |
proclaiming
(encz) | proclaiming,prohlašování n: Zdeněk Brož |
reclaiming
(encz) | reclaiming,znovuzískání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Claiming
(gcide) | Claim \Claim\ (kl[=a]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Claimed
(kl[=a]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Claiming.] [OE. clamen,
claimen, OF. clamer, fr. L. clamare to cry out, call; akin to
calare to proclaim, Gr. kalei^n to call, Skr. kal to sound,
G. holen to fetch, E. hale haul.]
1. To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority,
right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to
demand as due.
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2. To proclaim. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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3. To call or name. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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4. To assert; to maintain. [Colloq.]
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Declaiming
(gcide) | Declaim \De*claim"\ (d[-e]*kl[=a]m"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Declaimed (d[-e]*kl[=a]md"); p. pr. & vb. n. Declaiming.]
[L. declamare; de- + clamare to cry out: cf. F. d['e]clamer.
See Claim.]
1. To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration;
to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc.,
in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public
speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week.
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2. To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously,
noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to
rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
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Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the
repeal of the stamp act. --Bancroft.
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Disclaiming
(gcide) | Disclaim \Dis*claim"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disclaimed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Disclaiming.]
1. To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or
responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.
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He calls the gods to witness their offense;
Disclaims the war, asserts his innocence. --Dryden.
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He disclaims the authority of Jesus. --Farmer.
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2. To deny, as a claim; to refuse.
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The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed.
--Milman.
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3. (Law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow
another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate,
interest, or office. --Burrill.
Syn: To disown; disavow; renounce; repudiate.
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Exclaiming
(gcide) | Exclaim \Ex*claim"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Exclaimed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Exclaiming.] [L. exclamare, exclamatum; ex +
clamare to cry out; cf. OF. exclamer. See Clam.]
To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with
vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest
vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against
oppression with wonder or astonishment; "The field is won!"
he exclaimed.
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Proclaiming
(gcide) | 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.]
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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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Quitclaiming
(gcide) | Quitclaim \Quit"claim`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quitclaimed
(kw[i^]t"kl[=a]md`); p. pr. & vb. n. Quitclaiming.] (Law)
To release or relinquish a claim to; to release a claim to by
deed, without covenants of warranty against adverse and
paramount titles.
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Reclaiming
(gcide) | Reclaim \Re*claim"\ (r[-e]*kl[=a]m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Reclaimed (r[-e]*kl[=a]md"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reclaiming.]
[F. r['e]clamer, L. reclamare, reclamatum, to cry out
against; pref. re- re- + clamare to call or cry aloud. See
Claim.]
1. To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a
certain customary call. --Chaucer.
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2. To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to,
for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
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The headstrong horses hurried Octavius . . . along,
and were deaf to his reclaiming them. --Dryden.
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3. To reduce from a wild to a tamed state; to bring under
discipline; -- said especially of birds trained for the
chase, but also of other animals. "An eagle well
reclaimed." --Dryden.
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4. Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor,
cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild,
desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild
land, overflowed land, etc.
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5. To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or
transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or
course of life; to reform.
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It is the intention of Providence, in all the
various expressions of his goodness, to reclaim
mankind. --Rogers.
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6. To correct; to reform; -- said of things. [Obs.]
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Your error, in time reclaimed, will be venial. --Sir
E. Hoby.
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7. To exclaim against; to gainsay. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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Syn: To reform; recover; restore; amend; correct.
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claiming race
(wn) | claiming race
n 1: a horse race in which each owner declares before the race
at what price his horse will be offered for sale after the
race |
exclaiming
(wn) | exclaiming
n 1: an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of
delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it" [syn:
exclamation, exclaiming] |
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