verb (v)

• state emphatically and authoritatively(verb.communication)

  Example:
  He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with.
  

  source: wordnet30
• announce publicly or officially(verb.communication)

  Example:
  The President declared war.
  

  Synonym:
  announce
  

  source: wordnet30
• state firmly(verb.communication)

  Example:
  He declared that he was innocent.
  

  source: wordnet30
• declare to be(verb.communication)

  Example:
  She was declared incompetent.
  

  Synonym:
  adjudge, hold
  

  source: wordnet30
• authorize payments of(verb.social)

  Example:
  Declare dividends.
  

  source: wordnet30
• designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand(verb.possession)

  source: wordnet30
• make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official(verb.communication)

  Example:
  Do you have anything to declare?.
  

  source: wordnet30
• proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against(verb.communication)

  Example:
  His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To make clear; to free from obscurity.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• 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.(verb)

  source: webster1913