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declared, ppl. a.|dɪˈklɛəd| [f. prec. + -ed.] Openly or formally made known by words or something equivalent; openly avowed, professed.
1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxviii. 163 Harme inflicted upon one that is a declared enemy. 1722Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 661, I was glad to observe a declared inclination to write the lives of our remarkably learned men. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. III. 92 Declared and devout Pagans. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xxv, A declared lover. 1884Pall Mall G. 2 Sept. 8/1 The present condition of affairs is most trying, and a declared state of war would be preferable. |