1. [v]  state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"
2. [v]  declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"
3. [v]  announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"
4. [v]  proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against; "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast"
5. [v]  state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"
6. [v]  make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; "Do you have anything to declare?"
7. [v]  Bridge: designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
8. [v]  authorize payments of; "declare dividends"

Declare
In 1963, Andrew Hale receives a coded message drawing him back into the world from which he retired--a world of secret agents, betrayals, and his own failure to save the lives of the men under his command some 15 years earlier during a bizarre battle on top of Mount Ararat. Co-winner on the 2000 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.

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1. \De*clare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Declared}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Declaring}.] [F. d['e]clarer, from L. declarare; de +
   clarare to make clear, clarus, clear, bright. See {Clear}.]
   1. To make clear; to free from obscurity. [Obs.] ``To declare
      this a little.'' --Boyle.
   2. To make known by language; to communicate or manifest
      explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish;
      to proclaim; to announce.
            This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son.
                                                  --Milton.
            The heavens declare the glory of God. --Ps. xix. 1.
   3. To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set
      forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false.
            I the Lord . . . declare things that are right.
                                                  --Isa. xlv.
                                                  19.
   4. (Com.) To make full statement of, as goods, etc., for the
      purpose of paying taxes, duties, etc.
   {To declare off}, to recede from an agreement, undertaking,
      contract, etc.; to renounce.
   {To declare one's self}, to avow one's opinion; to show
      openly what one thinks, or which side he espouses.
   

2. \De*clare"\, v. i.
   1. To make a declaration, or an open and explicit avowal; to
      proclaim one's self; -- often with for or against; as,
      victory declares against the allies.
            Like fawning courtiers, for success they wait, And
            then come smiling, and declare for fate. --Dryden.
   2. (Law) To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a
      legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass.