DECLARE

declare

(verb) state firmly; “He declared that he was innocent”

declare, adjudge, hold

(verb) declare to be; “She was declared incompetent”; “judge held that the defendant was innocent”

announce, declare

(verb) announce publicly or officially; “The President declared war”

declare

(verb) proclaim one’s support, sympathy, or opinion for or against; “His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast”

declare

(verb) state emphatically and authoritatively; “He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with”

declare

(verb) make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; “Do you have anything to declare?”

declare

(verb) designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand

declare

(verb) authorize payments of; “declare dividends”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

declare (third-person singular simple present declares, present participle declaring, simple past and past participle declared)

(obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.

(intransitive) To make a declaration.

(card games) To show one's cards in order to score.

(transitive) To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.

(intransitive, cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.

(transitive) To announce something formally or officially.

(intransitive, politics) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result

(transitive) To affirm or state something emphatically.

(transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.

(transitive) To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.

(transitive, programming) To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.

Synonyms

• (to make a declaration): disclose, make known; See also announce

Anagrams

• cedrela, cleared, creedal, relaced

Source: Wiktionary

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De*clare", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Declared; p. pr. & vb. n. Declaring.] Etym: [F. déclarer, 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.)

Definition: 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)

Definition: To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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