| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ac·claim |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -kl m |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: ac·claimed, ac·claim·ing, ac·claims
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud. See synonyms at praise. 2. To acknowledge or declare with enthusiastic approval: She was acclaimed person of the year. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To shout approval. | | NOUN: | Enthusiastic applause; acclamation. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin acclmre : ad-, ad- + clmre, to shout; see kel-2 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | ac·claimer —NOUN
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