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. Psa 1xvi.
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. Psa 19.
4. To publish; to proclaim.
Declare his glory among the heathen. 1 Chr 16.
Declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. Acts 15.
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, 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.
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.
