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declared

[ dih-klaird ]

adjective

  1. publicly avowed or professed; self-confessed:

    a declared liberal.



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Other Words From

  • de·clar·ed·ly [dih-, klair, -id-lee], adverb
  • unde·clared adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of declared1

First recorded in 1645–55; declare + -ed 2

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Example Sentences

They will do it,” Revels declared, “as certainly as the sun shines in the heavens.

Already, 10 Republicans have declared they will vote for an alternative candidate and more seemed poised to join.

After some animated debate at the conference, Lelaie declared, with some frustration, “If you push on the stick, you will fly.”

I was declared innocent, and they said I should pay $104,000.

He declared that Western women are sexually promiscuous in a manner not even found in the natural world.

A gentleman expatiating upon the good looks of women, declared that he had never yet seen an ugly woman.

And Melchizedek is here declared to be “a great man,” “assimilated unto the Son of God.”

The emperor Nicholas of Russia declared, by ukase, his purpose to assist Austria.

He remembered how his father had execrated this noble enemy, even at the time he declared his worth.

Although everybody laughed at such a notion, the Worm-eating Warbler declared that he had a right to his own belief.

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