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English Dictionary: declarative by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
declarative
adj
  1. relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
    Synonym(s): declarative, declaratory, asserting(a)
    Antonym(s): interrogative, interrogatory
  2. relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements; "indicative mood"
    Synonym(s): indicative, declarative
n
  1. a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
    Synonym(s): indicative mood, indicative, declarative mood, declarative, common mood, fact mood
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Declarative \De*clar"a*tive\, a. [L. declarativus, fr.
      declarare: cf. F. d[82]claratif.]
      Making declaration, proclamation, or publication;
      explanatory; assertive; declaratory. [bd]Declarative
      laws.[b8] --Baker.
  
               The [bd]vox populi,[b8] so declarative on the same
               side.                                                      --Swift.
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