DECLARED
declared
(adjective) made known or openly avowed; “their declared and their covert objectives”; “a declared liberal”
declared, stated
(adjective) declared as fact; explicitly stated
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
declared
simple past tense and past participle of declare
Adjective
declared (not comparable)
Openly avowed.
Source: Wiktionary
DECLARE
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