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Webster 1913 Edition


Declare

De-clare′

(dē̍-klâr′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Declared
(dē̍-klârd′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Declaring
.]
[F.
déclarer
, from L.
declarare
;
de
+
clarare
to make clear,
clarus
, clear, bright. See
Clear
.]
1.
To make clear; to free from obscurity.
[Obs.]
“To declare this a little.”
Boyle.
2.
To make known by language; to communicate or manifest explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish; to proclaim; to announce.
This day I have begot whom I
declare

My only Son.
Milton.
The heavens
declare
the glory of God.
Ps. xix. 1.
3.
To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set forth; to avow;
as, he
declares
the story to be false
.
I the Lord . . .
declare
things that are right.
Isa. xlv. 19.
4.
(Com.)
To make full statement of, as goods, etc., for the purpose of paying taxes, duties, etc.
To declare off
,
to recede from an agreement, undertaking, contract, etc.; to renounce.
To declare one’s self
,
to avow one's opinion; to show openly what one thinks, or which side he espouses.

De-clare′

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To make a declaration, or an open and explicit avowal; to proclaim one's self; – often with for or against;
as, victory
declares
against the allies
.
Like fawning courtiers, for success they wait,
And then come smiling, and
declare
for fate.
Dryden.
2.
(Law)
To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form;
as, the plaintiff
declares
in trespass
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Declare

DECLA'RE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. to make clear.]

Definition 2024


déclaré

déclaré

See also: declare, déclare, and declaré

French

Verb

déclaré m (feminine singular déclarée, masculine plural déclarés, feminine plural déclarées)

  1. past participle of déclarer

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