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 De·clare v. t. [imp. & p. p. Declared p. pr. & vb. n. Declaring.]
 1. To make clear; to free from obscurity. [Obs.] “To declare this a little.”
 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.