1.  declare(v = verb.communication) Array - state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"
is one way to say, state, tell
Derived forms noun declaration₁, adjective declarative₁, adjective declaratory₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

2.  declare(v = verb.communication) announce - announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"
is one way to say, state, tell
Derived forms noun declaration₅, adjective declarative₁
Sample sentences: They declare that there was a traffic accident

3.  declare(v = verb.communication) Array - state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"
is one way to affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify
Derived forms adjective declarative₁, adjective declaratory₁, noun declarer₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

4.  declare(v = verb.communication) adjudge, hold - declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"
is one way to evaluate, judge, pass judgment
Derived form adjective declarative₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s somebody something

5.  declare(v = verb.social) Array - authorize payments of; "declare dividends"
is one way to authorise, authorize, clear, pass
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

6.  declare(v = verb.possession) Array - designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand; Array
is one way to play
Derived forms noun declaration₄, noun declarer₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

7.  declare(v = verb.communication) Array - make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; "Do you have anything to declare?"
is one way to say, state, tell
Derived form noun declaration₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

8.  declare(v = verb.communication) Array - proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against; "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast"
is one way to exclaim, proclaim, promulgate
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

declare, v.
1 tr. announce openly or formally (declare war; declare a dividend).
2 tr. pronounce (a person or thing) to be something (declared him to be an impostor; declared it invalid).
3 tr. (usu. foll. by that + clause) assert emphatically; state explicitly.
4 tr. acknowledge possession of (dutiable goods, income, etc.).
5 tr. (as declared adj.) who admits to be such (a declared atheist).
6 tr. (also absol.) Cricket close (an innings) voluntarily before all the wickets have fallen.
7 tr. Cards a (also absol.) name (the trump suit). b announce that one holds (certain combinations of cards etc.).
8 tr. (of things) make evident, prove (your actions declare your honesty).
9 intr. (foll. by for, against) take the side of one party or another.

Idiom:
declare oneself reveal one's intentions or identity. well, I declare (or I do declare) an exclamation of incredulity, surprise, or vexation.

Derivative:
declarable adj. declarative adj. declaratively adv. declaratory adj. declaredly adv. declarer n.

Etymology:
ME f. L declarare (as DE-, clarare f. clarus clear)

VB  mean, signify, express, import, purport, convey, imply, breathe, indicate, bespeak, bear a sense, tell of, speak of, touch on, point to, allude to, drive at, involve, declare, understand by.

VB  assert, make an assertion, have one's say, say, affirm, predicate, declare, state, protest, profess, put forth, put forward, advance, allege, propose, propound, enunciate, broach, set forth, hold out, maintain, contend, pronounce, pretend, depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear, make oath, take one's oath, make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit, take one's Bible oath, kiss the book, vow, vitam impendere vero, swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue, be sworn, call Heaven to witness, vouch, warrant, certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle, swear by, insist upon, take one's stand upon, emphasize, lay stress on, assert roundly, assert positively, lay down, lay down the law, raise one's voice, dogmatize, have the last word, rap out, repeat, reassert, reaffirm, announce, acknowledge, attest, adjure.

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