declare : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: declare	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
declare v state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war" Synonym(s): announce, declare state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent" declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent" Synonym(s): declare, adjudge, hold authorize payments of; "declare dividends" designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; "Do you have anything to declare?" proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against; "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Declare \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. --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 \Declare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Declared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Declaring}.] [F. d[82]clarer, from L. declarare; de + clarare to make clear, clarus, clear, bright. See {Clear}.] 1. To make clear; to free from obscurity. [Obs.] [bd]To declare* this a little.[b8] --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.