What does "declaim" mean?

Declaim: To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant. Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act. Bancroft.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To utter in public; to deliver in a rhetorical or set manner.
  2. 3.To defend by declamation; to advocate loudly. [Obs.] "Declaims his cause." South.

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