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declared

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de·clare(d-klâr)
v. de·clared, de·clar·ing, de·clares
v.tr.
1. To make known formally or officially. See Synonyms at announce.
2. To state emphatically or authoritatively; affirm.
3. To reveal or make manifest; show.
4. To make a full statement of (dutiable goods, for example).
5. Games To designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand in bridge.
v.intr.
1. To make a declaration.
2. To proclaim one's support, choice, opinion, or resolution.
Idiom:
declare war
1. To state formally the intention to carry on armed hostilities against.
2. To state one's intent to suppress or eradicate: declared war on drug dealing in the neighborhood.
[Middle English declaren, from Old French declarer, from Latin dclrre : d-, intensive pref.; see de- + clrre, to make clear (from clrus, clear; see kel-2 in Indo-European roots).]
de·clara·ble adj.
de·clarer n.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.declared - made known or openly avowed; "their declared and their covert objectives"; "a declared liberal"
undeclared - not announced or openly acknowledged; "fighting an undeclared war"
2.declared - declared as fact; explicitly stated
stated
explicit, expressed - precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes"

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"Everything shockingly exaggerated, of course," she declared.
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"Quite impossible, sir," he declared a little brusquely.
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It strongly advised that the Butcher should be Conveyed in a separate ship: But the Bellman declared that would never agree With the plans he had made for the trip:
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