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Exclaim


EXCLA'IM, verb intransitive [Latin exclamo; ex and clamo, to cry out. See Claim, Clamor.]

1. To utter the voice with vehemence; to cry out; to make a loud outcry in words; as, to exclaim against oppression; to exclaim with wonder or astonishment; to exclaim with joy.

2. To declare with loud vociferation.

That thus you do exclaim you'll go with him.