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exclaim

exc·laim

UK/ɛkˈskleɪm/ US/ɪkˈskleɪm/ uncommon obsolete

verb

1.

utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy

  • “I won!”
  • “;”
  • “she cried”
  • “I”
  • “the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost”
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2.

state or announce

  • “I am not a Communist,”
  • “he exclaimed;”
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Origin

From Middle French exclamer, from Latin exclāmō, exclāmāre (“call out”), from ex- + clāmō (“to call”).

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