'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
- acknowledge,
- acquaint,
- admit,
- advertise,
- advise,
- affirm,
- air,
- allege,
- announce,
- annunciate,
- apprise,
- argue,
- assert,
- assever,
- asseverate,
- aver,
- avouch,
- avow,
- bid,
- blazon,
- bring out,
- broach,
- broadcast,
- bruit about,
- call on,
- call the signals,
- call upon,
- certify,
- charge,
- chime in,
- claim,
- come out with,
- command,
- commission,
- communicate,
- confess,
- confirm,
- contend,
- declare roundly,
- decree,
- deliver,
- depose,
- dictate,
- direct,
- disclose,
- discover,
- disseminate,
- divulge,
- enjoin,
- enunciate,
- express,
- express the belief,
- give an order,
- give notice,
- give the word,
- have,
- herald,
- hold,
- impart,
- inform,
- insist,
- instruct,
- issue a command,
- issue a manifesto,
- issue a statement,
- issue a writ,
- lay down,
- maintain,
- make a statement,
- make an announcement,
- make known,
- make public,
- mandate,
- manifesto,
- notify,
- nuncupate,
- offer,
- ordain,
- order,
- order about,
- own,
- predicate,
- proclaim,
- profess,
- promulgate,
- pronounce,
- protest,
- publish,
- publish a manifesto,
- put,
- put it,
- quote,
- ratify,
- recite,
- relate,
- report,
- reveal,
- rule,
- say,
- say the word,
- set down,
- sound,
- speak,
- speak out,
- speak up,
- stand for,
- stand on,
- state,
- submit,
- swear,
- tell,
- throw out,
- toot,
- trumpet forth,
- utter,
- vend,
- vent,
- ventilate,
- voice,
- vow,
- warrant
Words containing 'Declare'
- Declarable,
- Declarant,
- Declaration,
- Declarative,
- Declaratively,
- Declarator,
- Declared,
- Declaredly,
- Declarement,
- Declarer,
- Declaring,
- To declare off,
- Declaration of Independence,
- Declaration of rights,
- Declaration of trust,
- declarative mood,
- declarative sentence,
- declare oneself,
- To declare one's self,
- declaration of estimated tax