Acclaim, v. i.
To shout applause.
2 other Webster entries under this spelling
Acclaim, v. t.
[R.]
1. To applaud. "A glad acclaiming train." Thomson.
2. To declare by acclamations. While the shouting crowd Acclaims thee king of traitors. Smollett.
3. To shout; as, to acclaim my joy.
Acclaim, n.
Acclamation. [Poetic] Milton.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for acclaim; he lists it under praise.
Where he writes about it:
Acclaim is the more poetic term for acclamation, commonly understood in a loftier sense; as, a nation's acclaim. — from praise