declared

declared
    adj 1: made known or openly avowed; "their declared and their
           covert objectives"; "a declared liberal" [ant:
           {undeclared}]
    2: declared as fact; explicitly stated [syn: {declared},
       {stated}]
    

declared \declared\ adj.
   1. made known or openly avowed; as, their declared and their
      covert objectives; a declared liberal. Opposite of
      {undeclared}. [Narrower terms: {avowed(prenominal),
      professed(prenominal)}]
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   2. stated as fact; explicitly stated.

   Syn: stated.
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Declare \De*clare"\ (d[-e]*kl[^a]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Declared} (d[-e]*kl[^a]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Declaring}.]
   [F. d['e]clarer, from L. declarare; de + clarare to make
   clear, clarus, clear, bright. See {Clear}.]
   1. To make clear; to free from obscurity. [Obs.] "To declare
      this a little." --Boyle.
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   2. To make known by language; to communicate or manifest
      explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish;
      to proclaim; to announce.
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            This day I have begot whom I declare
            My only Son.                          --Milton.
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            The heavens declare the glory of God. --Ps. xix. 1.
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   3. To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set
      forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false.
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            I the Lord . . . declare things that are right.
                                                  --Isa. xlv.
                                                  19.
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   4. (Com.) To make full statement of, as goods, etc., for the
      purpose of paying taxes, duties, etc.
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   {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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46 Moby Thesaurus words for "declared":
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      attested, averred, avouched, avowed, broadcast, brought to notice,
      certified, circulated, common knowledge, common property, current,
      deposed, diffused, disseminated, distributed, enunciated,
      in circulation, in print, made public, manifestoed, open, pledged,
      predicated, proclaimed, professed, pronounced, propagated, public,
      published, reported, spread, stated, sworn, sworn to, telecast,
      televised, vouched, vouched for, vowed, warranted