Declare Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0

declare v
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"

Declare Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Declare \De*clare"\, v. i.
1. 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. Like fawning courtiers, for success they wait, And then come smiling, and declare for fate. --Dryden.
2. (Law) To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass.

Declare Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Declare \De*clare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Declared; p. pr. & vb. n. Declaring.] [F. d['e]clarer, from L. declarare; de + clarare to make clear, clarus, clear, bright. See Clear.]
1. To make clear; to free from obscurity. [Obs.] ``To declare this a little.'' --Boyle.
2. To make known by language; to communicate or manifest explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish; to proclaim; to announce. This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son. --Milton. The heavens declare the glory of God. --Ps. xix. 1.
3. To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false. I the Lord . . . declare things that are right. --Isa. xlv. 19.
4. (Com.) To make full statement of, as goods, etc., for the purpose of paying taxes, duties, etc. To declare off, to recede from an agreement, undertaking, contract, etc.; to renounce. To declare one's self, to avow one's opinion; to show openly what one thinks, or which side he espouses.

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Declare (2001) is a supernatural spy novel by Tim Powers. It presents a secret history of the Cold War in which an agent for a secret British spy organization learns the true nature of several beings living on Mount Ararat. In this he is opposed by real-life communist traitor Kim Philby, who did travel extensively in the region. Philby's father, St. John Philby, was a noted Arabist whose book The Empty Quarter (on the Rub' al Khali) was extensively used as source material for the novel.

In 2001 Declare won both the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel

Thraxas by Martin Scott (2000) · Declare by Tim Powers (2001, tie) · Galveston by Sean Stewart (2001, tie) · The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin (2002) · The Facts of Life by Graham Joyce (2003, tie) · Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip (2003, tie) · Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton (2004) · Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2005) · Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (2006) · Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe (2007) · Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay (2008) · The Shadow Year by Jeffrey Ford (2009, tie) · Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan (2009, tie)

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* It is not too strong a statement to declare that this is the way civilizations begin to die ... None of us has the right to suppose it cannot happen here. - Richard Milhous Nixon

* If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. - Albert Einstein

* I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand. - Susan B. Anthony


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