acclaim

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

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