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declare

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  1. assert                
 
de.clare \di-'kla(*)r, -'kle(*)r\ vb [ME declaren, fr. MF declarer, fr. L 
   declarare, fr. de-] + clarare to make clear, fr. clarus clear obs  1: to 
   make clear  2: to make known formally or explicitly  3: to make evident : 
   SHOW  4: to state emphatically : AFFIRM {~s his innocence)> 5: to make a 
   full statement of (one's taxable or dutiable property)  6a: to announce (as 
   a trump suit) in a card game  6b: MELD  7: to make payable  1: to make a 
   declaration  2: to avow one's support MULGATE mean to make known publicly. 
   DECLARE implies explicitness and usu. formality in making known; ANNOUNCE 
   implies the declaration for the first time of something that is of interest 
   or has created speculation; PUBLISH implies making public through print; 
   PROCLAIM implies a publishing clearly, forcefully, and authoritatively; 
   PROMULGATE implies the proclaiming of a dogma, doctrine, or law - 
   de.clar.er n SYN syn DECLARE, ANNOUNCE, PUBLISH, PROCLAIM, PRO