資料來源 : pyDict
斷言,宣稱;宣佈,宣告,聲明;申報聲明,表明
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Declare \De*clare"\, v. i.
1. To make a declaration, or an open and explicit avowal; to
proclaim one's self; -- often with for or against; as,
victory declares against the allies.
Like fawning courtiers, for success they wait, And
then come smiling, and declare for fate. --Dryden.
2. (Law) To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a
legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass.
Declare \De*clare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Declared}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Declaring}.] [F. d['e]clarer, from L. declarare; de +
clarare to make clear, clarus, clear, bright. See {Clear}.]
1. To make clear; to free from obscurity. [Obs.] ``To declare
this a little.'' --Boyle.
2. To make known by language; to communicate or manifest
explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish;
to proclaim; to announce.
This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son.
--Milton.
The heavens declare the glory of God. --Ps. xix. 1.
3. To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set
forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false.
I the Lord . . . declare things that are right.
--Isa. xlv.
19.
4. (Com.) To make full statement of, as goods, etc., for the
purpose of paying taxes, duties, etc.
{To declare off}, to recede from an agreement, undertaking,
contract, etc.; to renounce.
{To declare one's self}, to avow one's opinion; to show
openly what one thinks, or which side he espouses.
資料來源 : WordNet®
declare
v 1: state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he
needed more money to carry out the task he was charged
with"
2: announce publicly or officially; "The President declared
war" [syn: {announce}]
3: state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"
4: declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held
that the defendant was innocent" [syn: {adjudge}, {hold}]
5: authorize payments of; "declare dividends"
6: designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a
hand
7: make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs
official; "Do you have anything to declare?"
8: proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against;
"His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast"