Declare

//dɪˈklɛə// verb, slang

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make clear, explain, interpret. obsolete, transitive

    "Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable."

  2. 2
    state firmly wordnet
  3. 3
    To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically. intransitive, transitive

    "He declared him innocent."

  4. 4
    declare to be wordnet
  5. 5
    To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes. transitive

    "The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income."

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  1. 6
    announce publicly or officially wordnet
  2. 7
    To show one's cards in order to score.
  3. 8
    proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against wordnet
  4. 9
    For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result intransitive

    "Houghton and Sunderland South was the first constituency to declare in the 2015 general election."

  5. 10
    state emphatically and authoritatively wordnet
  6. 11
    The decision of the captain to let the bowling side bat in test cricket to save time without being all out.

    "He declared at 689-7."

  7. 12
    make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official wordnet
  8. 13
    To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content. transitive

    "The counter "i" was declared as an integer."

  9. 14
    designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand wordnet
  10. 15
    to declare war slang

    "France declared on me, I'm finished!"

  11. 16
    authorize payments of wordnet
  12. 17
    To state that a thing shall happen or affirm a condition in the hopes of seeing it happen spiritually, in contrast to prayer which takes the form of a request.

    "He prayed to God "please heal my sister", while she declared "I am healed in Jesus' name"."

Etymology

From Middle English declaren, from Old French declarer, from Latin dēclārō (“to make clear”), from dē- + clārus (“clear”).

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