DECLARE

v. 1 assert, say, offer, submit, affirm, state, aver, asseverate, avow, avouch, profess, protest, swear, claim, proclaim; confirm, certify, ratify I solemnly declare that the testimony I am to give is true, so help me God 2 announce, make known, pronounce, decree, rule, proclaim, herald, promulgate, publish, broadcast, trumpet (forth) Robert has declared his intention to make Marianne his wife