clam- [cla-] clamat-, claim- +

1. A loud calling out of many together; especially, of loud lamentation for the dead.
2. A shout of approval or disapproval.

A claim set up against another; a claim set up by the defendant in a suit.

One who sets up a counterclaim.

1. To speak aloud with studied rhetorical force and expression; to make a speech on a set subject or theme as an exercise in public oratory or disputation.
2. To speak in an impassioned oratorical manner in reprobation or condemnation of; to inveigh against.
3. To speak aloud in an impassioned oratorical manner, with appeals to the emotions rather than the reason of the audience; to harangue.

One who declaims; one who speaks with rhetorical expression, or as an exercise in elocution; one who harangues, or speaks with impassioned force.

1. The action or art of declaiming; the repeating or uttering of a speech, etc. with studied intonation and gesture.
2. A public speech or address of rhetorical character; a set speech in rhetorical elocution.
3. Declaiming or speaking in an impassioned oratorical manner; fervid denunciation with appeals to the audience.
4. A speech of a rhetorical kind expressing strong feeling and addressed to the passions of the hearers; a declamatory speech, a harangue.
5. Renunciation, repudiation, disclaimer.

Of or pertaining to rhetorical declaiming; of the nature of, or characterized by, declamation.

1. To renounce, relinquish, or repudiate a legal claim; to make a formal disclaimer.
2. To renounce a legal claim to; to repudiate a connexion with or concern in.
3. To disavow any claim to or connexion with; to renounce or reject as not belonging to oneself; to disown formally or emphatically.
4. To refuse to admit (something claimed by another); to reject the claims or authority of, to renounce.

1. The action of disclaiming in reference to the feudal relationship; especially, on the part of the vassal or tenant; repudiation of a legal claim.
2. An act of renouncing or relinquishing a legal claim; a formal refusal to accept an estate, trust, duty, etc.
3. A disavowal of claims or pretensions; a renunciation, denial, or rejection.

1. Exclamation, outcry.
2. To cry out suddenly and vehemently; to cry out from pain, anger, delight, surprise, etc.
3. To exclaim against; to cry out loudly and suddenly against, accuse loudly, blame (persons, their actions and attributes); to make an outcry against, protest against, rail at (a thing).

Someone who cries out or speaks suddenly and vehemently, as in surprise, strong emotion, or protest.

1. The action of exclaiming or crying out; the loud articulate expression of pain, anger, surprise, etc.; clamour, vociferation.
2. The action of loudly complaining or protesting; a loud complaint or protest; a derogatory outcry; a vociferous reproach.

1. That which exclaims or cries out loudly; that which utters exclamations. Of a feeling, etc. that vents itself in exclamation; noisy, outspoken.
2. Of or pertaining to exclamation; of the nature of or resembling an exclamation; containing, expressing, or marking an exclamation.

1. That which cannot be reclaimed, reformed, or called back to right ways.
2. Of land that cannot be reclaimed or brought into cultivation.
3. That which cannot be called back or revoked; irrevocable.

A wrong or mistaken claim.