Definitions of declare:

• verb:   designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
• verb:   authorize payments of

  Example: "Declare dividends"

• verb:   state firmly

  Example: "He declared that he was innocent"

• verb:   declare to be

  Example: "She was declared incompetent"

• verb:   proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against

  Example: "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast"

• verb:   state emphatically and authoritatively

  Example: "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"

• verb:   make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official

  Example: "Do you have anything to declare?"

• verb:   announce publicly or officially

  Example: "The President declared war"