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Claim (kl&ā;m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Claimed (kl&ā;md); p. pr. & vb. n. Claiming.] [OE. clamen, claimen, OF. clamer, fr. L. clamare to cry out, call; akin to calare to proclaim, Gr. kalei^n 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.
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2. To proclaim. [Obs.] Spenser.
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3. To call or name. [Obs.] Spenser.
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4. To assert; to maintain. [Colloq.]
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Claim, v. i. To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
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We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims, came by his authority. Locke.
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Claim, n. [Of. claim cry, complaint, from clamer. See Claim, v. t.] 1. A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact.
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2. A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the claimant. “A bar to all claims upon land.” Hallam.
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3. The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; ; as, a settler's claim; a miner's claim. [U.S. & Australia]
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4. A loud call. [Obs.] Spenser
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To lay claim to, to demand as a right. “Doth he lay claim to thine inheritance?” Shak.
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