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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'acclaim' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions acclaim noun  (poetic) An acclamation; a shout of applause. (obsolete) A claim. verb  (transitive) To shout; to call out. (intransitive) To shout approval; to express great approval. (transitive) (rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically. A glad acclaiming train. - Thomson (transitive) (obsolete) To claim. (transitive) To declare by acclamations. While the shouting crowd / Acclaims thee king of traitors. - Smollett (context, Canadian) To elect to an office by having no opposition.. Translations:  Dutch: uitroepen (tot) French: déclamer (trans-mid) Italian: acclamare German: applaudieren, klatschen Etymology: From acclamare, formed from ad- + clamare "to cry out", "to shout".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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