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/dɪklˈɛr/ Listen

verb

Declare v. t. (past & past part. declared; pres. part. declaring)

1.

To make clear; to free from obscurity. (Obs.) "To declare this a little."

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." "The heavens declare the glory of God."

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."

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.

Declare 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."

2.

(Law) To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass.

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"Declare" Quotes from Famous Books

... overwhelmed me five minutes before had vanished utterly. At the first chance to declare myself—to contend, not merely with a manner, but with a situation, I felt the full strength of my manhood. The General himself could not have uttered his piquant pleasantries in a blither tone than I did my impulsive defence ...

— The Romance of a Plain Man • Ellen Glasgow

... two an' two, an' hand in hand, like they thought they was suthin' pretty to look at, come Ed an' Johnny an' Henry Ward Beecher an' Sam Duruy, an' I vow an' declare, Mrs. Lathrop, I never was so nigh to laughin' in church in all my life. They knowed they was funny, too, an' their mouths an' eyes was tight set sober, but some one in the back just had to giggle, an' when we heard it we ...

— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) • Various

... at last," thought Miss Mapp, adding aloud: "O poor little me, is it, to declare? ...

— Miss Mapp • Edward Frederic Benson

... the instant Mr. Jennings left the young couple could go into the sanatorium as guests under another name and be comfortable. And as soon as the time limit was up, and the place was still running smoothly, they could declare the truth, claim the sanatorium, having fulfilled the conditions of the will, and confess to Mr. Jennings—over ...

— Where There's A Will • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... "Well, I declare!" she exclaimed, with the utmost elevation of her eyebrows and distension of her eyes; "there you are at last! And you have not even the politeness to take your hat off, or have yourself announced. You are the most singularly ill-bred young man, for your looks, that I ever ...

— The Eagle Cliff • R.M. Ballantyne

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