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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
declared \declared\ adjective
1. made known or openly avowed; as, their declared and their covert objectives; a declared liberal. Opposite of {undeclared}. [Narrower terms: {avowed(prenominal), professed(prenominal)}] [WordNet 1.5]
2. stated as fact; explicitly stated.
Syn: stated. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Declare \De*clare"\ (d[-e]*kl[^a]r"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Declared} (d[-e]*kl[^a]rd"); 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
declared
adjective
1: made known or openly avowed; "their declared and their covert objectives"; "a declared liberal" [ant: {undeclared}]
2: declared as fact; explicitly stated [syn: {stated}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "declared": accessible, affirmed, alleged, announced, asserted, asseverated, attested, averred, avouched, avowed, broadcast, brought to notice, certified, circulated, common knowledge, common property, current, deposed, diffused, disseminated, distributed, enunciated, in circulation, in print, made public, manifestoed, open, pledged, predicated, proclaimed, professed, pronounced, propagated, public, published, reported, spread, stated, sworn, sworn to, telecast, televised, vouched, vouched for, vowed, warranted
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