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Acclaim   /əklˈeɪm/   Listen
noun
Acclaim  n.  Acclamation. (Poetic)


verb
Acclaim  v. t.  (R.)
1.
To applaud. "A glad acclaiming train."
2.
To declare by acclamations. "While the shouting crowd Acclaims thee king of traitors."
3.
To shout; as, to acclaim my joy.


Acclaim  v. i.  To shout applause.





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... and Priscilla" is found in every book of declamations, and Bret Harte's poem of the tragic love story of Rezanov and Concha Argueello in complete editions of his works[10]. Why herald the ridiculous attempt of Rhode Island to keep out of the Union, and not acclaim the splendid effort of ...
— California, Romantic and Resourceful • John F. Davis
... if her origin was still doubted by some, the child herself was accepted with enthusiasm. The parents who were spectators were proud of this distinguished accession to their children's playmates, and when she dismounted amid the acclaim of her little companions, it was with the ...
— Trent's Trust and Other Stories • Bret Harte
... to the Lord a song of praise; Assemble, ye who love his name; Let congregated millions raise Triumphant glory's loud acclaim. From earth's remotest regions come; Come, greet your Maker, and your King; With harp, with timbrel, and with drum, His praise let hill ...
— Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams - Sixth President of the Unied States • William H. Seward
... all the virtue, faith and fortitude, The piety and truth Which mark thy noble womanhood, As erst thy golden youth,— We also would do honor to thy name, Joining our distant voices to the loud acclaim Which rings o'er earth and sea, In attestation of the just renown Thy reign has added to ...
— As I Remember - Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century • Marian Gouverneur
... reason that the gift of old age is unwished for, and the prospect of future life without encouragement. It is the modern conviction that there will be some kind of work in it; and even though what we shall be set to do may be 'wrought with tumult of acclaim,' we have had enough of work. What follows, almost as a matter of course, is that the thought of possible extinction has lost its terrors. Heaven and its glories may have still their charms for those who are not wearied out with toil in this life; but the slave draws for himself a ...
— Some Private Views • James Payn


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