declare /di-klārˈ/

1. To make known
2. To announce
3. To assert
4. To make a full statement of (eg goods at customs)
5. To expose and claim a score for (bezique, etc)
6. To bid (a suit which becomes the trump suit) (bridge)

1. To make a statement
2. To announce one's decision or sympathies
3. To show cards in order to score
4. To end an innings voluntarily before ten wickets have fallen (cricket)

declārˈable adjective

Capable of being declared, exhibited, or proved

declārˈant noun

A person who makes a declaration

declaration /dek-lə-rāˈshən/ noun

1. The act of declaring
2. That which is declared
3. A written affirmation
4. A formal announcement (eg of war)
5. An official announcement of entry for a race, etc
6. In the criminal law of Scotland, the statement made by the prisoner before the magistrate
7. In common law, the pleading in which the plaintiff in an action at law sets forth his or her case against the defendant

declarative /di-klarˈə-tiv/ adjective

1. Making a statement or declaration
2. Declaratory

declarˈatively adverb

declarˈator noun

A form of action in the Court of Session, with the view of having a fact judicially ascertained and declared

declarˈatorily adverb

declarˈatory adjective

1. Explanatory
2. Declarative

declāredˈ adjective

Avowed, stated

declāˈredly adverb

Avowedly

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