• Verb: state emphatically and authoritatively; example: "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"
• Verb: announce publicly or officially; example: "The President declared war"
• Verb: state firmly; example: "He declared that he was innocent"
• Verb: declare to be; examples: "She was declared incompetent", "judge held that the defendant was innocent"
• Verb: authorize payments of; example: "declare dividends"
• Verb: designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
• Verb: make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; example: "Do you have anything to declare?"
• Verb: proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against; example: "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast"