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declarative, a. (n.)|dɪˈklærətɪv|
[a. F. déclaratif, -ive, or ad. L. dēclārātīv-us, f. ppl. stem of dēclārāre to declare: see -ive.]
Characterized by declaring (in the various senses of the vb.).
†1. Making clear, manifest, or evident. Obs.
a1536Tindale Wks. 67 (R.) Notwithstanding y⊇ sonne is the cause declaratiue wherby we know that the other is a father. 1644Bulwer Chirol. 1 All the declarative conceits of Gesture. 1646P. Bulkeley Gospel Covt. iv. 337 These kind of promises..are declarative, making manifest who be those true beleivers to whom the life promised..doth belong. a1665J. Goodwin, Filled w. the Spirit (1867) 329 Holy and zealous impressions upon the hearts..of men may be declarative of their being filled with the Spirit of God. 1772Fletcher Logica Genev. 43 The declarative evidences..whether or no he was among the trees of righteousness.
†b. That manifests itself or is capable of manifestation. Obs.
1642T. Hodges Glimpse 36 Every thing whereby the declarative highnesse of this great God is advanced. a1679W. Gurnall in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. cii. 16 His declarative glory then appears, when the glory of his mercy, truth and faithfulness break forth in his people's salvation.
2. Characterized by making declaration; of the nature of a declaration or formal assertion. declarative act, declarative statute, etc. = declaratory act, etc.
1628T. Spencer Logick 153 A declaratiue, or pronouncing sentence. 1646S. Bolton Arraignm. Err. 136 Ministeriall, declaratiue, subordinate Judges. 1661Bramhall Just Vind. iii. 31 Whether the Act or Statute..were operative or declarative, creating new right, or manifesting, or restoring old right. 1692Bp. Patrick Answ. Touchstone 97 The only Question is, Whether their Absolution be only declarative, or also operative? 1755Carte Hist. Eng. IV. 335 It was a declarative law. 1824L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) I. 270 The best method of discovering the proper case of the pronoun, in such phrases..is, to turn them into declarative expressions.
b. Const. of.
1642Chas. I Answ. Declar. Both Houses 1 July, According to the Common Law (of which the Statute is but declarative). 1774Pennant Tour Scotl. in 1772, 16 An inscription, declarative of his munificence towards the church. 1866Grosart in Lismore Papers Introd. 12 Much of the record..is declarative of a wish on the part of the Founder of the History to win the ear of posterity.
†3. Of a person: Declaring oneself, declaring or uttering one's opinion; communicative. Obs.
1647N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. i. vi. (1739) 14 The times were too tender to endure them to be declarative on either part. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) III. xli. 240 He was still more declarative afterwards.
B. n. A declaratory statement or act.
1651N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. ii. x. (1739) 57 Not as an Introduction of a new Law, but as a Declarative of the old. 1865Bushnell Vicar. Sacr. iii. i. 201 As declaratives of natural consequence.
Add:[A.] [2.] c. Computing. Designating programming languages of the kind that specify properties rather than procedures.
1977A. B. Tucker Programming Languages i. 2 High-level languages are not as close in many respects to the programmer's medium of discourse as [are] ‘declarative’ (or ‘very high-level’) languages that are found in data-base management systems, statistics packages, and so forth. 1983Economist 28 May 97/2 Much effort is..going into the development of new languages, called declarative languages... Such languages break down a complicated problem into a series of shorter, simpler ones—each of which can be worked on independently, and therefore simultaneously, by different processing chips in a computer. 1985J. Martin Fourth-Generation Languages I. ii. 43 Declarative Language. A language that declares a set of facts and permits the statement of queries or problems that use those facts. It does not completely specify the sequence of steps (procedure) for handling the query or problem. A declarative language is thus a form of nonprocedural language. |