Verb
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"3. state firmly;
"He declared that he was innocent"4. declare to be;
"She was declared incompetent""judge held that the defendant was innocent"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"