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Declare
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What's The Definition Of Declare?
[v] state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"
[v] declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent" [v] announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war" [v] proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against; "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast" [v] state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" [v] make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; "Do you have anything to declare?" [v] Bridge: designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand [v] authorize payments of; "declare dividends" Synonyms | Synonyms for Declare: adjudge | announce | hold Related Terms | Find terms related to Declare: acknowledge | acquaint | admit | advertise | advise | affirm | air | allege | announce | annunciate | apprise | argue | assert | assever | asseverate | aver | avouch | avow | bid | blazon | bring out | broach | broadcast | bruit about | call on | call the signals | call upon | certify | charge | chime in | claim | come out with | command | commission | communicate | confess | confirm | contend | declare roundly | decree | deliver | depose | dictate | direct | disclose | discover | disseminate | divulge | enjoin | enunciate | express | express the belief | give an order | give notice | give the word | have | herald | hold | impart | inform | insist | instruct | issue a command | issue a manifesto | issue a statement | issue a writ | lay down | maintain | make a statement | make an announcement | make known | make public | mandate | manifesto | notify | nuncupate | offer | ordain | order | order about | own | predicate | proclaim | profess | promulgate | pronounce | protest | publish | publish a manifesto | put | put it | quote | ratify | recite | relate | report | reveal | rule | say | say the word | set down | sound | speak | speak out | speak up | stand for | stand on | state | submit | swear | tell | throw out | toot | trumpet forth | utter | vend | vent | ventilate | voice | vow | warrant See Also | account | acknowledge | admit | advise | affirm | animadvert | answer for | assert | assure | attest | authorise | authorize | aver | avow | bastardise | bastardize | bear witness | beatify | bless | call | cancel | canonise | canonize | certify | clear | condemn | consecrate | count out | decree | depone | depose | doom | exclaim | formalise | formalize | hallow | judge | label | nol. pros. | nolle pros | nolle prosequi | opine | pass | play | plead | proclaim | profess | promise | promulgate | pronounce | propose | saint | sanctify | say | sentence | sound off | speak up | state | strike down | suggest | superannuate | swan | swear | take the Fifth | take the Fifth Amendment | take the stand | tell | testify | verify Declare In Webster's Dictionary \De*clare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Declared}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Declaring}.] [F. d['e]clarer, from L. declarare; de +
clarare to make clear, clarus, clear, bright. See {Clear}.]
1. To make clear; to free from obscurity. [Obs.] ``To declare
this a little.'' --Boyle.
2. To make known by language; to communicate or manifest
explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish;
to proclaim; to announce.
This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son.
--Milton.
The heavens declare the glory of God. --Ps. xix. 1.
3. To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set
forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false.
I the Lord . . . declare things that are right.
--Isa. xlv.
19.
4. (Com.) To make full statement of, as goods, etc., for the
purpose of paying taxes, duties, etc.
{To declare off}, to recede from an agreement, undertaking,
contract, etc.; to renounce.
{To declare one's self}, to avow one's opinion; to show
openly what one thinks, or which side he espouses.
\De*clare"\, v. i. 1. To make a declaration, or an open and explicit avowal; to proclaim one's self; -- often with for or against; as, victory declares against the allies. Like fawning courtiers, for success they wait, And then come smiling, and declare for fate. --Dryden. 2. (Law) To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass. |
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