Thesaurus: declare

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1. v. t. To make clear; to free from obscurity.
2. v. t. To make known by language; to communicate or manifest explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish; to proclaim; to announce.
3. v. t. To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false.
4. v. t. To make full statement of, as goods, etc., for the purpose of paying taxes, duties, etc.
5. v. i. 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.
6. v. i. To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass.
7. v. state emphatically and authoritatively
8. v. announce publicly or officially
9. v. state firmly
10. v. declare to be
11. v. authorize payments of
12. v. designate (a trump suit or trump">no-trump) with the final bid of a hand