Main entry: declare
Definition: state firmly
Usage: He declared that he was innocent
Main entry: hold, declare, adjudge
Definition: declare to be
Usage: She was declared incompetent; judge held that the defendant was innocent
Definition: announce publicly or officially
Usage: The President declared war
Main entry: declare
Definition: proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against
Usage: His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast
Main entry: declare
Definition: state emphatically and authoritatively
Usage: He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with
Main entry: declare
Definition: make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official
Usage: Do you have anything to declare?
Main entry: declare
Definition: designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
Main entry: declare
Definition: authorize payments of
Usage: declare dividends