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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Proclaim \Pro*claim"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Proclaimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Proclaiming}.] [OE. proclamen, L. proclamare; pro before, forward + clamare to call or cry out: cf. F. proclamer. See {Claim}.]
1. To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.
To proclaim liberty to the captives. --Isa. lxi. 1.
For the apparel oft proclaims the man. --Shak.
Throughout the host proclaim A solemn council forthwith to be held. --Milton.
2. To outlaw by public proclamation.
I heard myself proclaimed. --Shak.
Syn: To publish; promulgate; declare; announce. See {Announce}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Announce \An*nounce"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Announced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Announcing}.] [OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L. annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See {Nuncio}, and cf. {Annunciate}.]
1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.
Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. --Gilpin.
2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
Publish laws, announce Or life or death. --Prior.
Syn: To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate.
Usage: To {Publish}, {Announce}, {Proclaim}, {Promulgate}. We {publish} what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as, to publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We {announce} what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as, to {announce} the speedy publication of a book; to {announce} the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We {proclaim} anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to {proclaim} the news of victory. We {promulgate} when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as, to {promulgate} the gospel.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
proclaim
verb
1: declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles; "He was proclaimed King"
2: state or announce; "'I am not a Communist,' " he exclaimed; "The King will proclaim an amnesty" [syn: {exclaim}, {promulgate}]
3: affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President" [syn: {predicate}]
4: praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" [syn: {laud}, {extol}, {exalt}, {glorify}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
125 Moby Thesaurus words for "proclaim": advertise, affirm, allege, announce, annunciate, antecede, antedate, anticipate, argue, articulate, assert, assever, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, be before, be early, bid, blare, blare forth, blaze, blaze abroad, blazon, blazon about, brand, broadcast, bruit about, call on, call the signals, call upon, celebrate, characterize, charge, circulate, come before, command, commission, contend, cry, cry out, declaim, declare, decree, demonstrate, dictate, direct, disseminate, dogmatize, enjoin, enunciate, evidence, evince, exhibit, express, forerun, give an order, give notice, give the word, go before, harbinger, have, herald, herald abroad, hold, illustrate, insist, instruct, issue a command, issue a manifesto, issue a writ, lay down, maintain, make known, mandate, manifest, manifesto, mark, notify, nuncupate, oracle, oraculate, ordain, order, order about, pontificate, preannounce, precede, precurse, predate, predicate, preexist, profess, promulgate, pronounce, protest, publish, put, put it, quote, recite, relate, report, rule, run before, say, say the word, set down, shout, speak, speak out, speak up, stand for, stand on, state, submit, thunder, thunder forth, trumpet, trumpet forth, usher in, utter, vent, ventilate, voice
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