declaredadj.
/dᵻˈklɛːd/, U.S. /dəˈklɛ(ə)rd/, /diˈklɛ(ə)rd/ Openly or formally made known by words or something equivalent; openly avowed, professed.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement, avowal, or confession > [adjective] > acknowledged, avowed, or confessed
ownedeOE
openOE
avowed1340
confessed1561
avouched1637
granted1640
declared1651
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxviii. 163 Harme inflicted upon one that is a declared enemy.
1722 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 661 I was glad to observe a declared inclination to write the lives of our remarkably learned men.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 92 Declared and devout Pagans.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 23 A declared lover.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Sept. 8/1 The present condition of affairs is most trying, and a declared state of war would be preferable.
Compounds
declared pattern n. a statement by the maker of the number of pellets a shotgun will deliver and distribute within a given radius under specified conditions, as in quot. 1892 at pattern n. 10a.
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