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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Claim \Claim\ (kl[=a]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Claimed} (kl[=a]md); 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Claim \Claim\, v. i. To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim. [1913 Webster] We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims, came by his authority. --Locke. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Claim \Claim\, n. [Of. claim cry, complaint, from clamer. See {Claim}, v. t.] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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] [1913 Webster] 4. A loud call. [Obs.] --Spenser [1913 Webster] {To lay claim to}, to demand as a right. "Doth he lay claim to thine inheritance?" --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: claim n 1: an assertion of a right (as to money or property); "his claim asked for damages" 2: an assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the government's claims" 3: demand for something as rightful or due; "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day" 4: an informal right to something; "his claim on her attentions"; "his title to fame" [syn: {claim}, {title}] 5: an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim" [syn: {title}, {claim}] 6: a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" [syn: {call}, {claim}] v 1: assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar" [ant: {disclaim}] 2: demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident" [syn: {claim}, {lay claim}, {arrogate}] [ant: {forego}, {forfeit}, {forgo}, {give up}, {throw overboard}, {waive}] 3: ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount" 4: lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea" [syn: {claim}, {take}] [ant: {disclaim}] 5: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" [syn: {claim}, {take}, {exact}] From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: claim /klem/ claim; presumption; pretence