acclaiming
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /əˈkleɪmɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -eɪmɪŋ
- Hyphenation: ac‧claim‧ing
Adjective
acclaiming (comparative more acclaiming, superlative most acclaiming)
- That acclaims; applauding, welcoming enthusiastically.
- 1748, James Thomson, “Canto II”, in The Castle of Indolence: […], London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, stanza LXXVI, page 79:
- Attended by a glad acclaiming Train, / Of thoſe he reſcu'd had from gaping Hell, / Then turn'd the Knight; […]
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