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 war1. 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 d cl r re : d -, intensive pref.; see de- + cl r re, to make clear (from cl rus, clear; see kel -2 in Indo-European roots).]
de·clar a·ble adj. de·clar er n. |
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| Noun | 1. | declarer - the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumpsbridge player, hand - a card player in a game of bridge; "we need a 4th hand for bridge" |
| 2. | declarer - someone who claims to speak the truth; "a bold asserter"; "a declarer of his intentions"; "affirmers of traditional doctrine"; "an asseverator of strong convictions"; "an avower of his own great intelligence"postulator - someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument |