'Declare' definitions:

Definition of 'declare'

(from WordNet)
verb
State emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"
verb
Announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war" [syn: announce, declare]
verb
State firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"
verb
Declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent" [syn: declare, adjudge, hold]
verb
Authorize payments of; "declare dividends"
verb
Designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
verb
Make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; "Do you have anything to declare?"
verb
Proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against; "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast"

Definition of 'Declare'

From: GCIDE
  • Declare \De*clare"\ (d[-e]*kl[^a]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Declared (d[-e]*kl[^a]rd"); 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make known by language; to communicate or manifest explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish; to proclaim; to announce. [1913 Webster]
  • This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • The heavens declare the glory of God. --Ps. xix. 1. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false. [1913 Webster]
  • I the Lord . . . declare things that are right. --Isa. xlv. 19. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Com.) To make full statement of, as goods, etc., for the purpose of paying taxes, duties, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Declare'

From: GCIDE
  • Declare \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. [1913 Webster]
  • Like fawning courtiers, for success they wait, And then come smiling, and declare for fate. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Law) To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'declare'

From: Moby Thesaurus