declaring
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Declare \De*clare"\ (d[-e]*kl[^a]r"), v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
2.To make known by language; to communicate or manifest explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish; to proclaim; to announce. [1913 Webster]
This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
The heavens declare the glory of God.— Ps. xix. 1.[1913 Webster]
3.To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false. [1913 Webster]
I the Lord . . . declare things that are right.— Isa. xlv. 19.[1913 Webster]
4.(Com.) To make full statement of, as goods, etc., for the purpose of paying taxes, duties, etc. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]