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1 definition found 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.]
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