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claim[1,transitive verb] claim[2,noun] cross-claim stake[2,transitive verb]

Main Entry: ¹claim
Pronunciation: 'klAm
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
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 owner <went to claim their bags at the station>
3 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>
synonym see DEMAND
- claim·able /'klA-m&-b&l/ adjective