Middle English Dictionary Entry

claimen v.
Quotations: Show all Hide all

Entry Info

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) To utter a demand or request; ~ after, ~ for, clamor for, ask for; (b) to cry out in complaint, protest.
2.
(a) To lay claim (to sth.); demand (sth.) by virtue of a right or title, claim; also fig.; (b) to claim the right (to do, be, or possess sth.); also fig.; (c) to affirm one's possession of (a right or title); (d) to claim (a debt) of (sb.); (e) to have a valid claim to; be entitled to, deserve.
3.
(a) To designate (sb.) as (sth.), call, name, recognize (sb.) as; (b) to declare oneself (to be sth.); ~ kinrede of, claim kinship with; (c) to allege (sth.), assert, maintain; (d) ~ apel on, to make accusation against, charge (sb.); (e) ~ quit, ~ to be quit, to give up, resign (a right or claim); ~ quit, release (sb.) from (an obligation); also fig.