declare
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(verb) state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent" |
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Related Words: affirm, assert, aver, avow, plead, profess, swan, swear |
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(verb) declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; " judge held that the defendant was innocent" |
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Synonyms: adjudge, hold |
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Related Words: acknowledge, admit, bastardize, beatify, call, cancel, canonize, certify, formalize, judge, judge, label, pronounce, purify, saint, sanctify, superannuate |
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(verb) state clearly: "He stated his name" |
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Related Words: account for, acknowledge, advise, affirm, animadvert, answer for, assert, assure, attest, aver, avow, bear witness, bless, condemn, consecrate, count out, decree, depone, depose, doom, exclaim, hallow, opine, proclaim, promise, promulgate, propose, receipt, sanctify, say, sentence, sound off, speak up, state, suggest, swan, swear, take the Fifth, take the Fifth Amendment, take the stand, tell, testify |
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(verb) make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; "Do you have anything to declare?" |
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Related Words: say, state, tell |
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(verb) authorize payments of: "declare dividends" |
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Related Words: authorise, authorize, clear, pass |
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(verb) announce officially; "The President declared war" |
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Synonyms: announce |
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Related Words: nol. pros., nolle pros, nolle prosequi, promulgate, say, state, tell |
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(verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The aution house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her" |
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Synonyms: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, impart, let on, let out, reveal |
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Related Words: babble, babble out, betray, bewray, blab, blab out, blackwash, blow, come out, come out of the closet, confide, leak, out, peach, sing, spring, talk, tattle, tell |
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