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DECLA'RE, v.t. [L. to make clear.]



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DECLA'RE, v.t. [L. to make clear.]

DE-CLARE', v.i.

  1. To make a declaration; to proclaim or avow some opinion or resolution in favor or in opposition; to make known explicitly some determination; with for or against; as, the prince declared for the allies; the allied powers declared against France. Like fawning courtiers, for success they wait; / And then come smiling, and declare for fate. – Dryden.
  2. In law, to recite the causes of complaint against the defendant; as, the plaintif declares in debt or trespass.
  3. To show or manifest the issue or event; to decide in favor of; as, victory had not declared for either party.

DE-CLARE', v.t. [L. declaro; de and claro, to make clear; Ir. gluair, or gleair; W. eglur, clear, bright; egluraw, to make clear or plain, to manifest, to explain; Fr. declarer; Sp. declarar; It. dichiarare. See Clear and Glory. The sense is to open, to separate, or to spread.]

  1. To clear; to free from obscurity; to make plain. – Boyle. [In this literal sense, the word is no longer in use.]
  2. To make known; to tell explicitly; to manifest or communicate plainly to others by words. I will declare what he hath done for my soul. – Ps. lxvi.
  3. To make known; to show to the eye or to the understanding; to exhibit; to manifest by other means than words. The heavens declare the glory of God. – Ps. xix.
  4. To publish; to proclaim. Declare his glory among the heathen. – 1 Chron. xvi. Declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. – Acts xv.
  5. To assert; to affirm; as, he declares the story to be false. To declare one's self, to throw off reserve and avow one's opinion; to show openly what one thinks, or which side he espouses.

De*clare"
  1. To make clear; to free from obscurity.

    [Obs.] "To declare this a little." Boyle.
  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass.
  5. 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.

  6. 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.

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Declare

DECLA'RE, verb transitive [Latin to make clear.]

1. To clear; to free from obscurity; to make plain.

2. To make known; to tell explicitly; to manifest or communicate plainly to others by words.

I will declare what he hath done for my soul. Psalms 66:16.

3. To make known; to show to the eye or to the understanding; to exhibit; to manifest by other means than words.

The heavens declare the glory of God. Psalms 19:1.

4. To publish; to proclaim.

Declare his glory among the heathen. 1 Chronicles 16:24.

Declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. Acts 15:4.

5. To assert; to affirm; as, he declares the story to be false.

To declare one's self, to throw off reserve and avow one's opinion; to show openly what one thinks, or which side he espouses.

DECLA'RE, verb intransitive

1. To make a declaration; to proclaim or avow some opinion or resolution in favor or in opposition; to make known explicitly some determination; with for or against; as, the prince declared for the allies; the allied powers declared against France.

Like fawning courtiers, for success they wait;

And then come smiling, and declare for fate.

2. In law, to recite the causes of complaint against the defendant; as, the plaintiff declares in debt or trespass.

3. To show or manifest the issue or event; to decide in favor of; as, victory had not declared for either party.

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IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

Thy own importance know.

Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.

3. Weight or consequence in self-estimation.

He believes himself a man of importance.

4. Thing implied; matter; subject; importunity. [In these senses, obsolete.]

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LOCK'ED, pp. Made fast by a lock; furnished with a lock or locks; closely embraced.

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