Declare

[dɪ'kleə] or [dɪ'klɛr]

Definition

(verb.) state firmly; 'He declared that he was innocent'.

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

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

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

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

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

(verb.) authorize payments of; 'declare dividends'.

Edited by Dwight--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To make clear; to free from obscurity.

(v. t.) To make known by language; to communicate or manifest explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish; to proclaim; to announce.

(v. t.) To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false.

(v. t.) To make full statement of, as goods, etc., for the purpose of paying taxes, duties, etc.

(v. i.) 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.

(v. i.) To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass.

Editor: Rufus

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Affirm, assert, aver, asseverate, state, proclaim, publish, promulgate, communicate, announce, utter, make known.

v. n. [1]. Make a declaration.[2]. Announce a determination.

Checker: Nicole

Definition

v.t. to make known: to announce: to assert: to make a full statement of as of goods at a custom-house.—v.i. to make a statement: to show cards in order to score.—adj. Declār′able capable of being declared exhibited or proved.—ns. Declar′ant one who makes a declaration; Declarā′tion act of declaring: that which is declared: a written affirmation: in the criminal law of Scotland the statement made by the prisoner before the magistrate: in common law the pleading in which the plaintiff in an action at law sets forth his case against the defendant.—adjs. Declar′ative Declar′atory explanatory.—advs. Declar′atively Declar′atorily.—n. Declar′ator a form of action in the Court of Session in Scotland with the view of having a fact judicially ascertained and declared.—adj. Declared′ avowed.—adv. Decla′redly avowedly.—Declaratory Act an act intended to explain an old law which had become obscure or a subject of controversy.

Checked by Adelaide

Examples

Edited by Lelia

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