Main Entry:: ¹claim
Pronunciation:: \ˈklām\
Function:: transitive verb
Etymology:: Middle English, from Anglo-French claimer, clamer, from Latin clamare to cry out, shout; akin to Latin calare to call — more at low
Date:: 14th century

1 a: to ask for especially as a right <claimed the inheritance> b: to call for : require <this matter claims our attention> c: take 16b <the accident claimed her life>2: to take as the rightful owner3 a: to assert in the face of possible contradiction : maintain <claimed that he'd been cheated> b: to claim to have <organization…which claims 11,000…members — Rolling Stone> c: to assert to be rightfully one's own <claimed responsibility for the attack>

synonyms see demand

— claim·able

\ˈklā-mə-bəl\ adjective

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