declare

v.

1. To speak formally or emphatically

   assert, announce, pronounce, proclaim, publish, claim, tell, state, say, affirm, maintain, aver, avow, attest, testify, certify, repeat, insist, contend, advance, allege, argue, demonstrate, propound, promulgate, issue a statement, put forward, set forth, stress, cite, inform, report, be positive, utter with conviction, advocate, bring forward, vouch, avouch, state emphatically, proclaim, broadcast, air, acknowledge, reaffirm, reassert, reassure, asseverate, enunciate, profess, maintain, protest, disclose, divulge, reveal, give out, impart, assure, swear, submit, hold, warrant*; see also report 1, say.

   Antonyms hide*, equivocate*, withhold. *

2. To admit to one's possessions

   make a statement, confess, reveal, swear, manifest, disclose, represent, convey, indicate, state, name, notify; see also list 1.

   Antonyms deny*, contradict*, conceal.

declare implies making something known openly by an explicit or clear statement, often one expressed formally he declared his intention to run for office; to announce is to make something of interest known publicly or officially, esp. something of the nature of news to announce a sale; to publish is to make known through a medium that reaches the general public, now esp. the medium of printing; proclaim implies official, formal announcement, made with the greatest possible publicity, of something of great moment or significance ``Proclaim liberty throughout all the land"" See also syn. study at assert.