declared

Adjective
Synonyms: stated

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. made known or openly avowed“their declared and their covert objectives”“a declared liberal”
  2. declared as fact; explicitly statedSynonyms: stated
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

declared \declared\ adj.

1.made known or openly avowed; as, their declared and their covert objectives; a declared liberal. Opposite of undeclared. [Narrower terms: avowed(prenominal), professed(prenominal)] [WordNet 1.5]

2.stated as fact; explicitly stated.

Syn: stated. [WordNet 1.5]

Declare \De*clare"\ (d[-e]*kl[^a]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Declared (d[-e]*kl[^a]rd"); 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. [1913 Webster]

2.To make known by language; to communicate or manifest explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish; to proclaim; to announce. [1913 Webster]

This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
The heavens declare the glory of God.— Ps. xix. 1.[1913 Webster]

3.To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false. [1913 Webster]

I the Lord . . . declare things that are right.— Isa. xlv. 19.[1913 Webster]

4.(Com.) To make full statement of, as goods, etc., for the purpose of paying taxes, duties, etc. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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