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What does declaim mean?

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Verb
  1. To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech.
  2. To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
  3. To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking.
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I am allergic to leaders who stand on balconies and declaim to the masses below.
His mouth was open, as though he were about to declaim a poem, or speak an epigram.
Under the arbitration of slam-master Nathan P, the poets declaim, the judges judge, the audience hoots and stamps and roars.
Three young and important poets of a bright barckground, Antonio Parra, Antonio Lucas and Lorenzo Oliván, will declaim their poems.
The settlers, who endlessly declaim their love for the country, love it the way a rapist loves his victim.
If you declaim that God is nowhere, you are installing night in your heart and making it ready for dark schemes and misdeeds.

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