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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Like fawning courtiers, for success they wait, And then come smiling, and declare for fate. --Dryden. 2. (Law) To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form as the plaintiff declares in trespass. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Declare \De*clare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Declared}; 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. 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.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: declare v 1: state clearly: "He stated his name" 2: announce officially; "The President declared war" [syn: {announce}] 3: state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent" 4: declare to be "She was declared incompetent"; " judge held that the defendant was innocent" [syn: {adjudge}, {hold}] 5: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The aution house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her" [syn: {disclose}, {let on}, {bring out}, {reveal}, {discover}, {expose}, {divulge}, {impart}, {break}, {give away}, {let out}] 6: authorize payments of: "declare dividends" 7: make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; "Do you have anything to declare?"
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