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Declare   /dɪklˈɛr/   Listen
Declare

verb
(past & past part. declared; pres. part. declaring)
1.
State emphatically and authoritatively.
2.
Announce publicly or officially.  Synonym: announce.
3.
State firmly.
4.
Declare to be.  Synonyms: adjudge, hold.  "Judge held that the defendant was innocent"
5.
Authorize payments of.
6.
Designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand.
7.
Make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official.
8.
Proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against.



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"Declare" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Declare your minds freely unto me," he said, "and remember that if you decide to remain you will for ever be famous, and be known as the first white men who ...
— This Country Of Ours • H. E. Marshall Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

... his brows, and looked down at the horn of his saddle, as if thinking intently, and finally said: "Why, it was Mr.—, Mr.—; I declare, I have ...
— Frank Among The Rancheros • Harry Castlemon

... Josie's newest word. It's a very good word, too, but sometimes I fear she will wear it threadbare. It closes her remarks as the two girls dart into the Post Office, and there is peace for a time; then they emerge giggling, and I hear Josie declare: "I'd get Roland Barnette to do it, but he's so jealous. He ...
— The Fortune Hunter • Louis Joseph Vance

... Devonshire resigned, because be was disgusted with the feuds in the cabinet, and perplexed with the jealous disposition of Newcastle and the desponding spirit of Pelham. He adds, " that the Duke was a man of sound judgment and unbiased integrity, and that Sir Robert Walpole used to declare, that, on a subject which required mature deliberation, he would prefer his sentiments to those of any other person in ...
— The Letters of Horace Walpole, Volume 2 • Horace Walpole

... had another suitor, a young man named Westfield, who had become quite intimate with her, but who had made no open declaration of love before Miller came forward and offered for her hand. Westfield loved Anna passionately, but hesitated to declare his feelings, long after he had come to the conclusion that without her for his companion through life, existence would be undesirable. This arose from the fact of his not being certain in regard to the maiden's sentiments, ...
— Finger Posts on the Way of Life • T. S. Arthur


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