Declaimed woefully drear poet (9)

I believe the answer is:

perorated

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'declaimed' is the definition.
(perorating is a kind of declaiming)

'woefully drear poet' is the wordplay.
'drear poet' can be anagrammed to 'PERORATED'.
Though, I am unsure how the anagram is indicated.

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