declaim

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.intransitive

• Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act.

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.intransitive

• The students declaim twice a week.

To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech.transitive

• 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'

To disclaim, disavow.proscribedtransitive

• He now declaimed having intended any thing disrespectful to the Senate in the expression he had used.
• Unless these conditions are fulfilled we declaim responsibility.