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Stage 1 of 2
declamare
Latin · ancient
"to practice public speaking, to shout out"
to practice public speaking, to shout out, from de- (thoroughly) and clamare (to shout)
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Stage 2 of 2
declaim
English · 1400s
"to speak dramatically and forcefully in public"
settled as the English word for speaking dramatically and forcefully in public
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