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Laying claim   /lˈeɪɪŋ kleɪm/   Listen
Laying claim

noun
1.
The act of taking possession of or power over something.  Synonym: assumption.  "The Nazi assumption of power in 1934" , "He acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts"





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... at her request; and, entering an ill-furnished chamber, found, seated in an arm-chair, a lady seemingly in years, pale, and visibly infirm. The lines of her countenance were far from laying claim to my reverence. It was too much ...
— Arthur Mervyn - Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 • Charles Brockden Brown


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