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Proclaim

To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.

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Broader term 7

Assert 76% connected

To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.

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Asseverate 76% connected

To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.

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Declare 76% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

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Entitle 76% connected

To give a title to; to affix to as a name or appellation; hence, also, to dignify by an honorary designation; to denominate; to call; as, to entitle…

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Maintain 76% connected

To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintai…

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Praise 76% connected

To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts.

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Title 76% connected

An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

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Manner of action 6

Canonize 76% connected

To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.

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Clarion 76% connected

A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill.

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Declare 76% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

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Ensky 76% connected

To place in the sky or in heaven.

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Hymn 76% connected

An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thankgiving intended to be used in religious…

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Trumpet 76% connected

A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tu…

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Declaration 74% connected

The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; expositio…

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Declaration 74% connected

The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; expositio…

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Exclamation 74% connected

A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling…

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Exclamation 74% connected

A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling…

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Exclamatory 74% connected

Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an exclamatory phrase or speaker.

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Exclamatory 74% connected

Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an exclamatory phrase or speaker.

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Proclamation 74% connected

The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication.

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Proclamation 74% connected

The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication.

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Synonym 7

Exalt 92% connected

To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Exclaim 92% connected

To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Extol 92% connected

To place on high; to lift up; to elevate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Glorify 92% connected

To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Laud 92% connected

High commendation; praise; honor; exaltation; glory.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Predicate 92% connected

To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Promulgate 92% connected

To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; to publish; as, to promulgate the secrets of a council.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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