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proclaim verb [ prəˈkleɪm ]

• announce officially or publicly.
• "they proclaimed that housing shortages would be solved within ten years"
• indicate clearly.
• "his high, intelligent forehead proclaimed a strength of mind that was almost tangible"
Similar: demonstrate, indicate, show, signify, reveal, testify to, manifest, betray,
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.


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