All 4 Uses of
acclaim
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- The arrival of the worldrenowned headsman was greeted by a roar of acclamation from the huge concourse, the viceregal ladies waving their handkerchiefs in their excitement while the even more excitable foreign delegates cheered vociferously in a medley of cries, hoch, banzai, eljen, zivio, chinchin, polla kronia, hiphip, vive, Allah, amid which the ringing evviva of the delegate of the land of song (a high double F recalling those piercingly lovely notes with which the eunuch Catalani beglamoured our greatgreatgrandmothers) was easily distinguishable.†
Chpt 12acclamation = choosing without opposition or formal vote
- This was scant said but all cried with one acclaim nay, by our Virgin Mother, the wife should live and the babe to die.†
Chpt 14 *acclaim = enthusiastic public praise
- All desire to see you bring forth the work you meditate, to acclaim you Stephaneforos.†
Chpt 14
- The Lady Gwendolen Dubedat bursts through the throng, leaps on his horse and kisses him on both cheeks amid great acclamation.†
Chpt 15acclamation = choosing without opposition or formal vote
Definition:
to praise enthusiastically and publicly -- sometimes choosing without opposition or a formal vote