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de·clared       [di-klaird] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
publicly avowed or professed; self-confessed: a declared liberal.
[Origin: 1645–55; declare + -ed2]

—Related forms
de·clar·ed·ly       [di-klair-id-lee] Pronunciation Key, adverb
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de·clare       [di-klair] Pronunciation Key verb, -clared, -clar·ing.
–verb (used with object)
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).
–verb (used without object)
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.
[Origin: 1275–1325; ME declaren < L déclārāre to explain, equiv. to dé- de- + clārāre to make clear (clār(us) clear + -āre inf. suffix)]

—Related forms
de·clar·a·ble, adjective

—Synonyms 3. aver, asseverate, state. Declare, affirm, assert, protest imply making something known emphatically, openly, or formally. To declare is to make known, sometimes in the face of actual or potential contradiction: to declare someone the winner of a contest. To affirm is to make a statement based on one's reputation for knowledge or veracity, or so related to a generally recognized truth that denial is not likely: to affirm the necessity of high standards. To assert is to state boldly, usually without other proof than personal authority or conviction: to assert that the climate is changing. To protest is to affirm publicly, as if in the face of doubt: to protest that a newspaper account is misleading. 4. disclose, publish.
—Antonyms 3. deny.
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de·clare       (dĭ-klâr')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   de·clared, de·clar·ing, de·clares

v.   tr.
  1. To make known formally or officially. See Synonyms at announce.
  2. To state emphatically or authoritatively; affirm.
  3. To reveal or make manifest; show.
  4. To make a full statement of (dutiable goods, for example).
  5. Games To designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand in bridge.

v.   intr.
  1. To make a declaration.
  2. To proclaim one's support, choice, opinion, or resolution.


[Middle English declaren, from Old French declarer, from Latin dēclārāre : dē-, intensive pref.; see de- + clārāre, to make clear (from clārus, clear; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots).]

de·clar'a·ble adj., de·clar'er n.
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declared

adjective
1. made known or openly avowed; "their declared and their covert objectives"; "a declared liberal" [ant: undeclared] 
2. declared as fact; explicitly stated 

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