different between proclaim vs indigitate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French proclamer, from Latin pr?cl?m?, pr?cl?m?re, from pr?- (“forth”) + cl?m? (“to shout, cry out”). Spelling altered by influence of claim, from the same Latin source (cl?m?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?o??kle?m/
• Rhymes: -e?m
• Hyphenation: pro?claim

Verb

proclaim (third-person singular simple present proclaims, present participle proclaiming, simple past and past participle proclaimed)

1. To announce or declare.

Synonyms

• (to announce or declare): disclose, make known; See also Thesaurus:announce

Derived terms

• proclaimed district
• self-proclaimed

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• picloram

English

Etymology

From (the stem of) Latin indigit?re (“call upon (a deity), proclaim”), of uncertain origin; later associated with digitus (“finger”).

Verb

indigitate (third-person singular simple present indigitates, present participle indigitating, simple past and past participle indigitated)

1. (obsolete) To proclaim, declare.
2. (obsolete) To indicate, point to.
   • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.6:

     Horace therefore, Juvenal, and Persius were no Prophets, although their lines did seem to indigitate and point at our times.