DECLARE

verb (~d; declaring) see: clear Date: 14th century transitive verb to make known formally, officially, or explicitly, to make clear, to make evident ; show , to state emphatically ; affirm , to make a full statement of (one's taxable or dutiable property), 6. to announce (as a trump suit) in a card game, meld , to make payable , intransitive verb to make a declaration, to avow one's opinion or support, to announce one's intentions (as to run for political office) , declarable adjective Synonyms: see: ~ see: assert