2. To defend by declamation; to advocate loudly. [Obs.] "Declaims his cause." South.
DECLAIMANT
De*claim"ant, n.
Defn: A declaimer. [R.]
DECLAIMER
De*claim"er, n.
Defn: One who declaims; an haranguer.
DECLAMATION Dec`la*ma"tion, n. Etym: [L. declamatio, from declamare: cf. F. déclamation. See Declaim.]
1. The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students. The public listened with little emotion, but with much civility, to five acts of monotonous declamation. Macaulay.
2. A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
3. Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.
DECLAMATOR
Dec"la*ma`tor, n. Etym: [L.]