Definition of: declaim

(di·klām′) v.i.
1. To speak loudly and in a rhetorical manner.
2. To give a recitation.
3. To condemn or attack verbally and vehemently: with against.
—v.t.
4. To utter aloud in a rhetorical manner. See synonyms under SPEAK. [<L declamare <de- completely + clamare shout]
—de·claim′er noun