Definify.com

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

declare

declare

See also: declaré, déclaré, and déclare

English

Verb

declare ‎(third-person singular simple present declares, present participle declaring, simple past and past participle declared)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XV:
      Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable.
    • Boyle
      To declare this a little, we must assume that the surfaces of all such bodies […] are exactly smooth.
  2. (intransitive) To make a declaration.
  3. (transitive) To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.
    He declared him innocent.
  4. (intransitive, cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.
  5. (transitive) To announce something formally or officially.
    declare bankruptcy
    declare victory
    (cricket) declare (an innings) closed
  6. (intransitive, politics) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result
    Houghton and Sunderland South was the first constituency to declare in the 2015 general election.
  7. (transitive) To affirm or state something emphatically.
  8. (transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
    • 1984, Richard Woodbury and Anastasia Toufexis, "Law: The Trouble with Harry," Time, 2 April:
      The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income.
  9. (transitive) To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
  10. (transitive, programming) To explicitly include (a variable) as part of a list of variables, often providing some information about the data it is expected to contain.
    The counter "i" was declared as an integer.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Portuguese

Verb

declare

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of declarar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of declarar
  3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of declarar
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of declarar

Spanish

Verb

declare

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of declarar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of declarar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of declarar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of declarar.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Similar Results