[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

claim \claim\ kl=am, v. t. imp.  p. p. claimed
   kl=amd; 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to proclaim. obs. --spenser.
      1913 webster

   3. to call or name. obs. --spenser.
      1913 webster

   4. to assert; to maintain. colloq.
      1913 webster
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