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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Claim \Claim\, v. i. To be entitled to anything to deduce a right or title; to have a claim. We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims, came by his authority. --Locke. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Claim \Claim\, n. [Of. claim cry, complaint, from clamer. See {Claim}, v. t.] 1. A demand of a right or supposed right a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact 2. A right to claim or demand something a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also a title to anything which another should give or concede to or confer on the claimant. ``A bar to all claims upon land.'' --Hallam. 3. The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right as a settler's claim; a miner's claim. [U.S. & Australia] 4. A loud call [Obs.] --Spenser {To lay claim to}, to demand as a right ``Doth he lay claim to thine inheritance?'' --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Claim \Claim\ (kl[=a]m), v.?. [imp. & p. p. {Claimed} (kl[=a]md); p. pr & vb n. {Claiming}.] [OE. clamen, claimen, OF clamer, fr L. clamare to cry out call akin to calare to proclaim, Gr ? to call Skr. kal to sound, G. holen to fetch, E. hale haul.] 1. To ask for or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right or supposed right to challenge as a right to demand as due. 2. To proclaim. [Obs.] --Spenser. 3. To call or name [Obs.] --Spenser. 4. To assert; to maintain. [Colloq.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: claim n 1: an assertion of a right (as to money or property); "his claim asked for damages" 2: an assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the government's claims" 3: demand for something as rightful or due: "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day" 4: an informal right to something: "his claim on her attentions"; "his title to fame" [syn: {title}] 5: an established or recognized right: "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate" [syn: {title}] 6: a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" [syn: {call}] v 1: assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar"; "The guru claimed many followers [ant: {disclaim}] 2: demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to: "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident" [syn: {lay claim}, {arrogate}] [ant: {forfeit}] 3: ask for legally or make a legal claim to as of debts, for example; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount" 4: lay claim to as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea" [syn: {take}] [ant: {disclaim}] 5: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" [syn: {take}, {call for}, {exact}]
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