Declare

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: de=clare

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Declare, v.
1 tr. announce openly or formally (declare war; declare a dividend).
2 tr. pronounce (a person or thing) to be something (declared him to be an impostor; declared it invalid).
3 tr. (usu. foll. by that + clause) assert emphatically; state explicitly.
4 tr. acknowledge possession of (dutiable goods, income, etc.).
5 tr. (as declared adj.) who admits to be such (a declared atheist).
6 tr. (also absol.) Cricket close (an innings) voluntarily before all the wickets have fallen.
7 tr. Cards a (also absol.) name (the trump suit). b announce that one holds (certain combinations of cards etc.).
8 tr. (of things) make evident, prove (your actions declare your honesty).
9 intr. (foll. by for, against) take the side of one party or another.

Idiom

declare oneself reveal one's intentions or identity. well, I declare (or I do declare) an exclamation of incredulity, surprise, or vexation.

Derivative

declarable adj. declarative adj. declaratively adv. declaratory adj. declaredly adv. declarer n.

Etymology

ME f. L declarare (as DE-, clarare f. clarus clear)

THESAURUS

Declare

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

ROGET THESAURUS

Declare

Meaning

VB mean, signify, express, import, purport, convey, imply, breathe, indicate, bespeak, bear a sense, tell of, speak of, touch on, point to, allude to, drive at, involve, declare, understand by.

Affirmation

VB assert, make an assertion, have one's say, say, affirm, predicate, declare, state, protest, profess, put forth, put forward, advance, allege, propose, propound, enunciate, broach, set forth, hold out, maintain, contend, pronounce, pretend, depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear, make oath, take one's oath, make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit, take one's Bible oath, kiss the book, vow, vitam impendere vero, swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue, be sworn, call Heaven to witness, vouch, warrant, certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle, swear by, insist upon, take one's stand upon, emphasize, lay stress on, assert roundly, assert positively, lay down, lay down the law, raise one's voice, dogmatize, have the last word, rap out, repeat, reassert, reaffirm, announce, acknowledge, attest, adjure.