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Meaning of declare

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}, {declare}]
      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: {declare}, {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"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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