Part 2817

<hw>De*claim"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who declaims; an haranguer.</def>

<h1>Declamation</h1> <Xpage=377>

<hw>Dec`la*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>declamatio</ets>, from <ets>declamare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82clamation</ets>. See <er>Declaim</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, the practice <ex>declamation</ex> by students</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The public listened with little emotion, but with much civility, to five acts of monotonous <b>declamation</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; <as>as, mere <ex>declamation</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Declamator</h1> <Xpage=377>

<hw>Dec"la*ma`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A declaimer.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Elyot.</i>

<h1>Declamatory</h1> <Xpage=377>

<hw>De*clam"a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>declamatorius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82clamatoire</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; <as>as, a <ex>declamatory</ex> theme</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; <as>as, a <ex>declamatory</ex> way or style</as>.</def>

<h1>Declarable</h1> <Xpage=377>

<hw>De*clar"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being declared.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Declarant</h1> <Xpage=377>

<hw>De*clar"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82clarant</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>d\'82clarer</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who declares.</def>

<i>Abbott.</i>

<h1>Declaration</h1> <Xpage=377>

<hw>Dec`la*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82claration</ets>, fr. L. <ets>declaratio</ets>, fr. <ets>declarare</ets>. See <er>Declare</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; <as>as, the <ex>declaration</ex> of an opinion; a <ex>declaration</ex> of war, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal.</def>

<blockquote><b>Declarations</b> of mercy and love . . . in the Gospel. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; <as>as, the <ex>Declaration</ex> of Independence (now preserved in Washington)</as>.</def>

<blockquote>In 1776 the Americans laid before Europe that noble <b>Declaration</b>, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace. <i>Buckle.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintiff's case containing the count, or counts. See <er>Count</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 3.</def>