dec lama tort (deklamator)

[= F. décla mateur = Sp. Pg. declamador = It. dec lama tore, claimer. Who could, I say, hear this generous dec lam at or without being fir'd at his noble zeal? Steele, Tatler, No. 56. declamatory (de-klam (dē-klam'a-tō-ri), a. [= F. décla matoire = Sp. Pg. It. dec lama to rio , declama tori us , declamatory, dec lam are , declaim: see declaim.] 1. Pertaining to the practice of declaiming in oratory or music; having the character of declamation. The public will enter no protest if the gaps between them are filled up with the declamatory odds and ends, provided something on the stage be more or le occupying their at tention. Wagner and Wagner ism, Nineteenth Century, March, 1883. 2. Merely rhetorical; stilted; straining after effect: as, a declamatory style. That perfection of tone which can be eloquent without being declamatory. Lowell , New Princeton Rev., I. 155. declarable (dē-klar'a-bl), a . [= F. déclarable ; declare + -able .] Capable of being declared or proved. What slender opinions the ancients held of the efficacy of this star is declarable from their compute. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iv. 13. declarant (de-klar'ant), n. [ déclarant , declaran ( t- ) s , ppr. of dec lar are : see declare .] One who makes a declaration; specifically, in law , one whose admi ion or statement, made in writing or orally at some former time, is sought to be offered in evidence. Such declarations, even though made by a stranger to the litigation, are received in several cla es of cases: as, for instance, to prove a fact of pedigree, or when made in the course of duty by a person since deceased, or against the interest of the declarant. The acknowledgment of payment was held to be "against the declarant's interest," and rendered the whole statement admi ible. Encyc. Brit ., VIII. 741.