DECLAIM

declaim. Declaim, v.i. to harangue, speak, inveigh

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De‐claim″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Declaimed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Declaiming.] [[L. declamare; de- + clamare to cry out: cf. F. déclamer. See Claim.]] 1. 1. To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week.
2. 2. To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act. Bancroft.