verb, -clared, -clar⋅ing.| 1. | to make known or state clearly, esp. in explicit or formal terms: to declare one's position in a controversy. |
| 2. | to announce officially; proclaim: to declare a state of emergency; to declare a winner. |
| 3. | to state emphatically: He declared that the allegation was a lie. |
| 4. | to manifest; reveal; show: Her attendance at the rally declared her political allegiance. |
| 5. | to make due statement of, esp. goods for duty or income for taxation. |
| 6. | to make (a dividend) payable. |
| 7. | Bridge. to bid (a trump suit or no-trump). |
| 8. | to make a declaration. |
| 9. | to proclaim oneself (usually fol. by for or against): He declared against the proposal. |
| 10. | Cricket. (of a team) to surrender a turn at bat in an innings before ten players are put out. |

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