What is the meaning of declare?

verb

• State emphatically and authoritatively.
  • usage: "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"
• Announce publicly or officially.
  • usage: "The President declared war"
  • synonyms: announce
• State firmly.
  • usage: "He declared that he was innocent"
• Declare to be.
  • usage: "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"
  • synonyms: adjudge, hold
• Authorize payments of.
  • usage: "declare dividends"
• Designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand.
• Make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official.
  • usage: "Do you have anything to declare"
• Proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against.
  • usage: "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast"