declare
declare
(verb)
1: state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"
2: announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war" [syn: announce]
3: state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"
4: declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent" [syn: adjudge, hold]
5: authorize payments of; "declare dividends"
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; "Do you have anything to declare?"
8: proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against; "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast"