Declares

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To make a formal or explicit statement about something ; to publicly announce ownership, status, or a fact
2. Expressing something clearly and officially ; stating ownership or declaring a particular condition or status aloud
3. The act of proclaiming or stating something openly ; the announcement of possession, status, or intention in an official way

Etymology: "Declares" is the third-person singular present form of "declare," so its story is really the story of the verb. "Declare" came into Middle English from Old French "declarer," which in turn came from Latin "dēclārō," meaning "to make clear." The Latin verb is built from "dē-," a prefix that often intensifies or completes an action, and "clārus," meaning "clear" or "bright," the same root that gives English "clarity" and "clarify." The original sense is visible in that Latin root. To declare something was to make it plain and visible, and the verb carried that sense of clearing away doubt before it came to mean a formal public statement. The modern meaning, to announce something openly and officially, grows naturally from that idea of making a matter clear to everyone.

Synonyms: announces, proclaims, states, asserts, reveals

Antonyms: conceals, denies, dissolves, disclaims, retracts