acclaim
- Verb. (transitive) To shout; to call out.
- Verb. (intransitive) To shout approval; to express great approval.
- Verb. (transitive) (rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
- Verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To claim.
- Verb. (transitive) To declare by acclamations.
- Verb. (Canada) To elect to an office by having no opposition.
- Noun. (poetic) An acclamation; a shout of applause.
- Noun. (obsolete) A claim.
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