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Webster 1913 Edition
Claim
Claim
(klām)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Claimed
(klāmd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Claiming
.] [OE.
clamen
, claimen
, OF. clamer
, fr. L. clamare
to cry out, call; akin to calare
to proclaim, Gr. καλεῖν
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.
2.
To proclaim.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
3.
To call or name.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
4.
To assert; to maintain.
[Colloq.]
Claim
,Verb.
I.
To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one
claims
, came by his authority. Locke.
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.
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.
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]
4.
A loud call.
[Obs.]
Spenser
To lay claim to
, to demand as a right.
“Doth he lay claim to
thine inheritance?” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Claim
CLAIM
, v.t.1.
To call for; to ask or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due; as, to claim a debt; to claim obedience, or respect.2.
To assert, or maintain as a right; as, he claims to be the best poet of the age.3.
To have a right or title to; as, the heir claims the estate by descent; he claims a promise.4.
To proclaim.5.
To call or name.CLAIM
, n.1.
A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due, or supposed to be due; as a claim of wages for services. A claim implies a right or supposed right in the claimant to something which is in anothers possession or power. A claim may be made in words, by suit, and by other means. The word is usually preceded by make or lay; to make claim; to lay claim.2.
A right to claim or demand; a title to any debt, privilege or other thing in possession of another; as, a prince has a claim to the throne.Homers claims to the first rank among Epic poets have rarely been disputed.
3.
The thing claimed, or demanded.4.
A loud call.