3 entries under this word
[imp. & p. p. CLAIMED; p. pr. & vb. n. CLAIMING.] [O. Fr. claimer, clamer, Pr. clamar, It. clamare and chiamare, Pg. clamar and chamar, Sp. llamar, from Lat. clamare, to cry out, call.] 1. To call for; to ask or seek to obtain by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due. I claim the promise for her heavenly picture. Shak.
v. i. To be entitled to any thing as a right; to have a claim. Locke.
n. 1. A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due.
Doth he lay claim to thine inheritance? Shak.
Sense 2. A right to claim or demand; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another. “A bar to all claims upon land.” Hallam.
Sense 3. The thing claimed or demanded; that to which any one has a right; as, a settler’s claim. [U. S. and Australia.]
Sense 4. A loud call. [Obs.] Spenser.