də̇ˈkla(a)](ə)r, dēˈ-, -le], ]ə\ verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English declaren, from Middle French declarer, from Latin declarare, from de from, away + clarare to make clear, from clarus clear, bright — more at de- , clear
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to make clear : explain , interpret
I told this unto the magicians but there was none that could declare it to me — Gen 41:24 (Authorized Version)
2. : to make known publicly, formally, or explicitly especially by language
reaffirm on this wider basis the truths which other writers … have already declared — Herbert Read
: announce, proclaim, or publish especially by a formal statement or official pronouncement
we declared rubber a strategic and critical material — W.R.Langdon
an armistice is called, peace is declared — Harrison Forman
: communicate to others
here the results of research are presented, here the progress of knowledge is declared — Bernard De Voto
3. : to make evident or give evidence of : serve as a means of revealing : manifest , show
a glimpse of his head in outline … declared his present state of mind — Osbert Sitwell
4. : to make a formal acknowledgment of
declare a trust
5. : to state emphatically
others declare that the rains on the mountain sides … caused the disaster — C.L.Jones
: affirm , assert
happy the country that has no history, declares the proverb — E.H.Collis
6.
a. : to make a full statement of or about (property subject to tax or duty)
b. : to name (a taxable or dutiable item) as being in one's possession or ownership
7. : scratch 6d
8. in card games
a. : to make a bid or announcement naming (a trump suit or no-trump)
b. : to announce or show (scoring cards) : meld
9. of a cricket team : to announce (its current unfinished innings) closed forthwith
10. : to make payable especially by vote of the directors of a corporation
declared an extra dividend for the fourth quarter
intransitive verb
1. : to make a declaration
poetry … evokes rather than merely declares — C.S.Kilby
as
a. in card games
(1) : call , bid
(2) : meld
b. of a cricket team : to declare its current unfinished innings closed forthwith
2. : to make an open and explicit avowal (as of one's opinion or support) : announce or proclaim oneself — often used with for or against
one of the first papers in New England to declare for Jackson — H.K.Beale
declared against the ancient languages as the staple of American education — Howard M. Jones
Synonyms:
announce , publish , advertise , proclaim , promulgate , broadcast : these seven verbs agree in signifying to make known openly or publicly. declare , though often used as an equivalent of say, usually suggests forthrightness or plainness, and often a certain formality, of manner or statement
the visitor declared that it was his intention to leave early
the court declared that the interim measures of protection … had ceased to operate — Americana Annual
To announce is to declare for the first time, especially something presumably of interest
to announce one's arrival
to announce an engagement
to announce a new government economic policy
To publish is to make public, now generally by means of printing
they may only want to find the Monarchists in a thoroughly compromising position and publish it to the world — John Buchan
if the national government resolves upon some drastic action at ten o'clock it publishes the decree at eleven — L.C.Douglas
To advertise in its most general sense is to call public attention to by widely circulated statements, sometimes with unpleasant publicity or extravagance of statement
deliberately advertising his willingness to make concessions — Time
permanent residents also aided materially in advertising the territory — R.A.Billington
to advertise one's products in newspapers, on the radio, and on television
To proclaim is to announce usually orally and loudly and with conclusiveness in a public place or to people at large
to proclaim the day a national holiday
to proclaim the independence of the nation
to proclaim one's innocence in the face of public disbelief
To promulgate is to make known to all concerned something that has binding force (as a dogma of the church) or something for which adherents are sought (as a theory or a doctrine)
regulations promulgated by executive order — Americana Annual
promulgates a brand of heaven-on-earth religion — John Kobler
To broadcast is to make known in all directions over a large area, now commonly by radio or television
the book he has written to broadcast this conviction — Gordon Harrison
to broadcast the news every hour on the hour
Synonym: see in addition assert .
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- declare oneself