Declare

·vt To make clear; to free from obscurity.

II. Declare ·vt To make full statement of, as goods, ·etc., for the purpose of paying taxes, duties, ·etc.

III. Declare ·vi To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass.

IV. Declare ·vi 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.

V. Declare ·vt To make declaration of; to Assert; to Affirm; to set forth; to Avow; as, he declares the story to be false.

VI. Declare ·vt To make known by language; to communicate or manifest explicitly and plainly in any way; to Exhibit; to Publish; to Proclaim; to Announce.