declare

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

announce adjudge hold

declaw

declaim

declared declare oneself declarer