Claimed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Claim \Claim\ (kl[=a]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Claimed}
     (kl[=a]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Claiming}.] [OE. clamen,
     claimen, OF. clamer, fr. L. clamare to cry out, call; akin to
     calare to proclaim, Gr. kalei^n to call, Skr. kal to sound,
     G. holen to fetch, E. hale haul.]
     1. To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority,


        right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to
        demand as due.
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     2. To proclaim. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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     3. To call or name. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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     4. To assert; to maintain. [Colloq.]
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