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
- I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I do declare once for all that it ought to be put a stop to. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- When a man cannot measure, and a great many others who cannot measure declare that he is four cubits high, can he help believing what they say? Plato. The Republic.
- At one time I considered whether I should not declare myself guilty, and suffer the penalty of the law, less innocent than poor Justine had been. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I declare you're enough to make one regret ever having had a family at all. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I can lay my hand on my heart, and declare that every page has charmed, refreshed, delighted me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I declare, my dear Count, you make me shudder also. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Then Prussia declared war in support of Austria, and the allied forces, under the Duke of Brunswick, prepared to invade France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Worcester declared that he looked forward to no hope nor rest until we should be really married. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The English and the Germans (he indignantly declared) were always reviling the Italians for their inability to cultivate the higher kinds of music. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He has over and over again solemnly declared that, until this scandal assailed him, he had never even heard of the Moonstone. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Bingley was quite uncomfortable; his sisters declared that they were miserable. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- So they declared that there were in the world men naturally slaves. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Lord Mansfield declared that slavery was a condition unknown to English law, an odious condition, and Somersett walked out of the court a free man. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Only in the summer of 1776 did Congress take the irrevocable step of declaring for separation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There were juvenile letters and petitions from Rebecca, too, in the collection, imploring aid for her father or declaring her own gratitude. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I could not chance causing her additional pain or sorrow by declaring a love which, in all probability she did not return. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I said nothing: I was afraid of occasioning some shock by declaring my identity. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The Duke wrote declaring that he had never offered so much. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- With my brother John, answered little Mary; and next she asked her mother, when she might marry him, declaring that she could not wait much longer. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Sophia alone joined Lord Deerhurst in his laugh; declaring that it was very funny to be sure. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mamma often declares the likeness is quite ridiculous. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This man declares that he was not absent from his post for an instant, and he is positive that neither boy nor man could have gone that way unseen. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- But we have already seen how it entails extinction; and how largely extinction has acted in the world's history, geology plainly declares. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The professor declares that he heard the distant cry, but that he knows nothing more. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She declares she passed the night in London at a certain house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She always declares she will never marry, which, of course, means just nothing at all. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It is uncertain if his wife was much older, though tradition declares she was forty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Edited by Lelia