1. (v. i.) To speak rhetorically or loudly; to make a formal speech or oration; as, the students declaim their rights\.

2. (v. i.) To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.

3. (v. t.) To utter in public; to deliver in a rhetorical or set manner.

4. (v. t.) To defend by declamation; to advocate loudly.

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