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declare against

declare against verb: to formally and strongly oppose or criticize.

Verb

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

  1. To formally and strongly oppose or criticize.
    • All over the empire the bulk of the clergy declared against the emperor: in many provinces they began to preach open sedition.1893, Charles Oman, The Dark Ages

Forms of declare against

third-person singular presentdeclares against
present participledeclaring against
past participledeclared against
pastdeclared against

Questions about declare against

What does declare against mean?
Declare against means to formally and strongly oppose or criticize.
What part of speech is declare against?
Declare against is a verb.
What is the past tense of declare against?
The past tense of declare against is declared against.

Words near declare against in the dictionary

  1. declarators
  2. declaratory
  3. declaratory judgment
  4. declaratory judgments
  5. declare
  6. declare against
  7. declare war
  8. declared
  9. declared abundance
  10. declared war
  11. declaredly

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