Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Declare"
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) 1.7 (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 auction 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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