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.