declamation

[Lat. declamatio.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The act of declaiming or speaking rhetorically in public; the delivery of a speech or harangue in public. "Or even, perhaps, the declamation prize, If to such glorious height he lifts his eyes." Byron: Thoughts Suggested by a College Examination. 2. A speech or harangue made in public, and addre ed to the pa ions; a set oration. "At length these declamations became too ridiculous to be repeated."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xi. 3. Showy, pompous oratory; empty, bombastic speaking. II. Music: The proper rhetorical rendering of words set to music. [RECITATIVE.] †děc-la-mā-tõr, *dec-la-ma-tour, s. [Lat.] A declaimer. "Who could, I say, hear this generous dec lam at or , without being fired at his noble zeal?"- Tatler . dě-clam-a-tõr-ỹ, a. [Lat. dec lam at or i us .] 1. Of or pertaining to declamation; treated or spoken rhetorically. " a declamatory theme amongst the religious men of that age."- Wotton. 2. Appealing to the pa ions; noisy, bombastic. thought low, or vainly declamatory , to exhort our youth from the follies of dre , and of every other superfluity."-Goldsmith: The Bee , No. 5. †dě-clär-a-ble, a . [Eng. declar ( e ); -able .] 1. That may or can be shown or proved. "What slender opinions the ancients held of the efficacy of this star is declarable from their compute."- Browne : Vulgar Errors, bk. iv., ch. xiii. 2. That may be declared or expre ed. the divine is inexpre ible, but the human declarable."-Cudworth: Intel . System , p. 23. dě-clär-ant, a. & s. [Fr., pr. par. of déclarer .] A. As adj .: Declaring, showing, proving. B. As subst.: One who declares, shows, or proves. dec-la-rā-tion, *děc-la-rā-çion, *děc-la-raçioun, s . [Fr. déclara tion ; Sp. declaracion ; Port. declaração ; Lat. declaratio , from declaro =to make clear; de , intens., and clarus =clear.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The act of explaining or making clear; an explanation, an interpretation. "He shal discriue to hym a declaracioun of this lawe." -Trevis a, i. 243. 2. The act of declaring, making known, affirming, publishing, or avowing; an open a ertion, avowal, or affirmation. plain and full declarations of mercy and love " -Til lots on. to the sons of men, 3. That which is declared, affirmed, or avowed. "Hear diligently my your ears." Job xiii. 17. II. Technically : ny speech, and my declaration with 1. Law : (1) That part of the proce or pleadings in which a statement of the plaintiff's complaint against the defendant is set forth, with the additional circumstances of time and place, when and where the injury was committed, where these are requisite. "When the plaintiff has stated his case in the declara tion , it is incumbent on the defendant within a reasonable time to make his defense by putting in a plea."Black stone: Comment., bk. iii., ch. xi. (2) A simple affirmation allowed in certain cases to be taken instead of an oath or solemn affirmation. (3) The statement made by a prisoner on being arrested on suspicion of a crime, which is taken down in writing. 2. Eccles.: A solemn form to which the English Church requires subscription from all who seek ad mi ion to her ministry. = The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia "As hit is declared ynnere in his place." -Trevis a , i. 89. *2. To make known or evident; to describe, to unfold. "To declare this a little we must a ume that the sur- faces of such bodies are exactly smooth."- Boyle . 3. To tell or speak out publicly or openly. "Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth."- Isaiah xxi. 6. 4. To publish, to spread abroad, to exhibit. "Declare his glory among the heathen. '-1 Chron. xvi. 24. IMG:content-1949.png:[blocks in formation] 6. To manifest, to show, to proclaim. "The heavens declare the glory of God."- Psalm xix. 1. 7. To a ert, to affirm, to avow. *8. To clear, to exculpate. "Wheche must be answered the causes why, and we declared."-Puston Letters, i. 508. IMG:content-1950.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1951.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1952.png:[ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small] 1. To make clear, to show, to describe, to tell. "Also ferforth as I can declare . ' -Gower , i. 158. 2. To manifest, to show clearly. "The sun by certain signs declares , Both when the south projects a stormy day, And when the clearing north will puff the clouds away." Dryden: Virgil ; Georgic i., 620-22. 3. To affirm, to avow, to declare, to state openly. "He declared therefore that he abhorred the thought of a standing army." -Macaulay : Hist. Eng . , ch. xxiii. 4. To make a declaration or avowal of one's views; (1) With for =in favor of any person or thing. "Like fawning courtiers, for succe they wait, And then come smiling, and declare for fate." thing. (2) With against in opposition to any person or "The internal faculties of will and understanding decreeing and declaring against them."-Taylor. 2. An act or state of descending or falling from a "From almost nullity into a state Of matchle grandeur, and declension thence." Cowper : Yardley Oak. *3. A state of deterioration or inferiority. "To base declension and loath'd bigamy." ing , the leading idea is that of speaking out that which pa es in the mind; in publishing , the lead- ing idea is that of making public or common; in proclaiming, the leading idea is that of crying aloud: we may therefore often declare by publish- ing and proclaiming : a declaration is a personal act; a proclamation is of general interest." (Crabb: Eng . Synon.) For the difference between to declare and to dis- cover , see DISCOVER; for that between to declare and to expre , see EXPRESS; and for that between to declare and to profe , see PROFESS. IMG:content-1953.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1954.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Astron.: The angular distance of a star or planet north or south of the celestial equator. It is measured on the great circle which pa es through the center of the body and the two poles, and is consequently perpendicular to the equator. 2. Compa : The horizontal angle which a needle makes with the meridian. [VARIATION.] 3. Dialing : The declination of a plane is an arc of the horizon, comprehended either between the plane and the prime vertical circle, if accounted from the east or west; or else between the meridian and the plane, if accounted from the north or south. ( Harris :) *4. Gram.: The declension or declining of a noun through its cases. (1) Declination circles : [CIRCLES OF DECLINA TION.] (2) Declination of a wall or plane : (DECLINATION, Β. 3.] (3) Declination of the needle: [DECLINATION, Β. 2.] declination compa , s . An instrument by which the magnetic declination of any place may be measured when its astronomical meridian is known. (Ganot: Physics, §677.) [DECLINOMETER.]