<p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech: Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.</li><li>to inveigh (usually followed by against): He declaimed against the high rents in slums.</li><li>to speak or write for oratorical effect, as without sincerity or sound argument.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to utter aloud in an oratorical manner: to declaim a speech.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>