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Definition of: proclaim
(prō·klām′) v.t.
1. To announce or make known publicly or officially; declare.
2. To make plain; manifest: His manner proclaimed his innocence.
3. To outlaw, prohibit, or restrict by proclamation. See synonyms under ANNOUNCE, AVOW, PUBLISH. [<OF proclamer <L proclamare <pro- before + clamare call]
—pro·claim′er noun
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