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declaim

de.claim \di-'kla-m\ \.dek-l*-'ma--sh*n\ vb [ME declamen, fr. L declamare, 
   fr. de- + clamare to cry] out; akin to L calare to call 1: to speak 
   rhetorically; specif : to recite something as an exerc ise in elocution 2: 
   HARANGUE  : to deliver rhetorically; specif : to recite in elocution  - 
   de.claim.er n