To make [something] the subject of an official proclamation bringing it within the scope of emergency powers
Origin
From Middle English proclamen, proclaime, from Old French proclamer, from Latin proclamo, from prō- + clāmō. Spelling altered by influence of claim, from the same Latin source (clāmō).
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