'clare

Verb

declare (third-person singular simple present declares, present participle declaring, simple past and past participle declared)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
   • Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew
2. (intransitive, transitive) To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.
   • He declared him innocent.

   Synonyms:

   disclose, make known, announce, forerun, blare, herald, impart, publish, proclaim, promulgate

3. (transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
   • The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income.1984 April 2, Richard Woodbury, Anastasia Toufexis, “Law: The Trouble with Harry”, in Time

   Synonyms:

   disclose, make known, divulge

4. To show one's cards in order to score.
5. (intransitive) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result
   • Houghton and Sunderland South was the first constituency to declare in the 2015 general election.
6. The decision of the captain to let the bowling side bat in test cricket to save time without being all out.
   • He declared at 689-7.

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