declared
    adj 1: made known or openly avowed; "their declared and their
           covert objectives"; "a declared liberal" [ant:
           undeclared]
    2: declared as fact; explicitly stated [syn: declared,
       stated]

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)]
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   2. stated as fact; explicitly stated.

   Syn: stated.
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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.
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   2. To make known by language; to communicate or manifest
      explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish;
      to proclaim; to announce.
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            This day I have begot whom I declare
            My only Son.                          --Milton.
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            The heavens declare the glory of God. --Ps. xix. 1.
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   3. To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set
      forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false.
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            I the Lord . . . declare things that are right.
                                                  --Isa. xlv.
                                                  19.
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   4. (Com.) To make full statement of, as goods, etc., for the
      purpose of paying taxes, duties, etc.
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   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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