Definition of declaim
intransitive verb
1
:to speak rhetorically
- speakers declaimed on a variety of issues
2
:to speak pompously or bombastically :harangue
- In presence of this historical fact it is foolish to declaim about natural rights …
- —V. L. Parrington
transitive verb
:to deliver rhetorically
- an actor declaiming his lines
- "I am a German citizen," she declaimed as if she had been practicing these lines …
- —André A. Aciman
- … all these people declaiming selections from Shakespeare.
- —Ellen Glasgow
—
