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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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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