declaim

verb4

1. •
   To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.

   • Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act. — 1834
2. •
   To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking.

   • The students declaim twice a week.
3. •
   To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech.

   • Declaiming such practices, Baskaran writes: 'The flow of the film would not be affected in the least if song sequences were excised, wholly or partly' — 1996
4. •
   (nonstandard) To disclaim, disavow.

   • He now declaimed having intended any thing disrespectful to the Senate in the expression he had used. — 1835