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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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