acclaim
verb (used with object)
to welcome or salute with shouts or sounds of joy and approval; applaud.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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The Cypriots now are acclaiming the dead man as their hero, and the British press is acclaiming me as theirs.
From Time Magazine Archive
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