DECELESS.
The deckle edges arc left at the side and bottom, the top
edge alone being cut. 1887 Nimvw's Catal. Oct., One
Hundred Copies on fine deckfe-edKc royal 8vo paper. 1810
Trans. Soc. Encourag. .^r/x XXVIII. 193 The *deckle-
straps . are made perfectly smooth and true. 1875 Ure
.
Diet. ArtsWX. 490 We
have to notice the deckle or boundary
straps, .which regulate the width of the paper.
DeckleSS (de-kles), a. rare, [-less.]
out a deck.
iSaa Bentham Not Paul but Jesus 328 In a deckless
vessel 1890 Harper's Mag. Mar. 558/1 Deckless and
cabinless.
Declaim Also 5-7 -clame, 7
(di'kU"'m), v.
-claime, -clayme. [Formerly declame, ad. L. de-
cldmdre, f. De- I. 3 + cldmare to cry: subseq.
assimilated to claim. Cf. F. didamer (1549 in
Hatzf.).]
I. ititr.
1. To speak aloud with studied rhetorical force
and expression to make a speech on a set subject
; b. Music. The proper rhetorical rendering of
or theme as an exercise in public oratory or dis-
To recite with elocutionary or rhe-
putation, b.
torical effect (chiefly U.S.).
155a HuLOET, Declame or exercise fayned argument in
pleadynge, vsed among lawers called mooting. 1553 T.
Wilson Rhet. 83 When you and I declamed togetherlast.
1641 Evelyn Mem. (1857) 1. 11, I offered at my first
exercise in the Hall, and answered my opponent : and upon
the 11^ following, declaimed in the Chapel before the
Master, Fellows and Scholars, according to the custom.
1748 j. Mason Elocut. 11 A Weakness of Voice which he
cured by frequently declaiming on the Sea-Shore, amidst
the Noise of the Waves. 1856 E.merson En^. Traits^ First
Visit Wks. (Bohn) II. 10 Wordsworth, standing apart, and
reciting to me. .like a schoolboy declaiming.
2. To declaim against to speak in an impas-
: 3. Declaiming or speaking in an impassioned
sioned oratorical manner in reprobation or con-
demnation of; to inveigh against.
16x1 B. Jonson Catiline iv. ii, What are his mischiefs,
consul ? You declaim Against his manners, and corrupt
your own. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. vi. 21 Thus
IS it the of many heads to extoll the dayes of their
humour
forefathers, and declaime against the wickednesse of times
present. 1855 pRESCorr Philip //, 1. 11. ix. 239 They loudly
declaimed against the King's insincerity. 1880 L. Stei'hfn
Pope viii. 196 A generous patriot declaiming against the
growth of luxury.
3. To Speak aloud in an impassioned oratorical
manner, with appeals to the emotions rather than
the reason of the audience ; to harangue.
1735 Berkeley De/. Free -thinking Math. § 33 Instead of
giving a reason you declaim. 1759 Sterne Tr. Sltandy I.
xl, Let him declaim as pompously as he chooses upon the
subject. 1833 Ht, Martineau Brooke Farm ii. 27 Tom
Webster bustled and declaimed, while Sergeant Rayne
quietly argued. 1884 R. Glover in Christian IVorld gOct.
766/3 To declaim is more easy than to convince.
b. qwasi-lrans. with extension.
1755 Monitor 16 Aug. p 2 Some late patriots declaimed . .
themselves into power.
II. trans.
+ 4. To discuss aloud to debate. Ohs. rare~^.
; on the folly and ignorance of Unitarianism.
(The early date of the quotation, so long before the verb is
otherwise known in Eng. or French, as well as the sense, is
notable.)
1198 As j>ey declamede [4 MSS.
Chaucer Troyliis 11.
1410-25; Hart. 3943 declarid] J>is matere, Lo Troylus ..
Come rydende.
6. To speak or utter aloud with studied rhetorical
expression ; to repeat or recite rhetorically.
1577 B. GooGE Iferesbtuh's Husb. 11. (1586) 49 Weriyng
you with the declainriyng of my poore skill in the tilling of
the feelde. a 1716 South Servt. VIII. 82 (T.t Whoever
strives to beget, orfoment in his heart, such [malignantl
persuasions concerning God, makes himself the devil's
orator, and declaims his cause. 1818 Scott Hrt. Midi, i.
He then declaimed the following passage rather with too
much than too little emphasis. 1885 R. L. Stevenson
in Contemp. Rev. 555 In declaiming a so-called iambic
verse, it may so happen that we never utter one iambic
foot.
+ 6. = Declaim against ; to decry, denounce. Obs,
16x4 T. Adams Debits Banquet 42 This Banket then is
at once declared and declaimed, spoken of and forbidden.
16x3 CocKERAM, Declaime, to speake ill of.
Hence Declai'ming vbl. sb. and ///. a.
1577 [see 5]. 1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. 931 He used
Otherwhiles to goe downe to the water side, .for to exercise
himselfe in declaming. 16^ Artif. llandsom. 95 Humane
fallacies and declaymings. 1701 Rowk Amh. SteP-Moth.
IV. i. 1684 Yield much matter to declaiming flatterers. 1735
Berkeley Def. F'ree-thinking Math. § 11 In the same
manner as any declaiming bigot would defend transubstan*
tiation.
rare -
Declai'xaaut. *. [f. prec. + -ant, after
claimant^ etc.] «= Declatmeb.
a 1763 Shekstone Ess. 28 The company was a
prised at the sophistry of our declaimant.
Declaimer -er1.]
(di1cli~'-m3.i), [f Declaim +
One who declaims; one who speaks with rhetor-
ical expression, or as an exercise in elocution ;
one who harangues, or speaks with impassioned
force.
*43»-So tr. His^den (Rolls) IV. 401 luUus Gallo. a noble
dcclamer. 1580 Hollybanu Treas. Fr. 'Pong, Declatnateur^
a Ueclaimer, a mooter. 1640 G. Watts tr. Bacon* s Ad7\
Learn, iv. ii. (R.), A certaine declaimor against sciences.
1711 SrRELK Spect. No. 521 F4 The Dcclaimers iii Coffee-
houses. 175* Johnson Rambler No. 202 p a The pompous
periods of declaimers, whose purpose is only to amuse
98
with fallacies. 1848 Mill Pol. Econ. i. iii. § 2 Such .. is
the labour of the musical performer, the actor, the public
declaimer or reciter.
Declaxuation (deklam^i'Jan). [ad, L. decide
mdtidn-ejH, n. of action from dcclamare to Declaim,
or ad. F. declamation (15th c. in Hatzf.).]
With- 1. The action or art of declaiming ; the repeating
or uttering of a speech, etc. with studied intona-
tion and gesture.
X55a Huloet, Declamation often heard, and tedious to
the hearers, crambe rcPetita. 1597 Morlev Introd. Mus.
86 Your plainsong is as it were your theme, and your descant
as it were your declamation. 1776 Gibbon Decl. 4- F. I. xxiv.
680 He publicly professed the arts of rhetoric and declama.
tion. 1834 Macaulav Pitt Ess. (1854) 1. 294 That which gave
most effect to his declamation was the air of sincerity, of
vehement feeling, or moral elevation, which belonged to all
that he said.
attrib, x8o6 Bvron Thoughts College Exam. 25 The
declamation prize.
words set to music.
1876 in Staiser & Barrett.
2. A
public speech or address of rhetorical
character a set speech in rhetorical elocution.
; of the said Card (= map]. i^sa-J Act 24 Hen. VI!!, c 5
1523 Skelton Garl. Laurel (R.), Olde Quintillian with his
declamations ; Theocritus with his Bucolicall relacions,
1573 G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 11 Theams more fit
for schollars declamations. 1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor.
55 The >rations and declamations
< of these Sophisters,
. .
who make shew of their eloquence. X78a J. Warton Ess.
; Pope II. xiiL 381 Able to compose Essays, Declamations,
and Verses, in Greek, in Latin, and in English. 1830 Drury
in Moore Life Byron (1866) 20/1 He suddenly diverged from
the written composition .. I questioned him, why he had
altered his declamation 1
oratorical manner; fervid denunciation with appeals
to the audience.
1614 T. Adams DeviVs Banquet 42 The more accurately
the Scriptures describe sinnes, the more absolutely they
furhid them where wickednesse is the subject, all speech
:
is declamation. 1750 Johnson Ratnbler No. 172 f 3 [Not so
universal] as some have a.s.serted in the heat of declama-. .
tion. 1789 Bentham Princ. Legist, i. § i But enough of
metaphor and declamation, a 1704 Gibdon Autobiog. 90, I
was conscious myself that my style, alxDve prose ana below
poetry, degenerated into a verbose and turgid declamation,
1874 Morley Compromise (1886) 53 Exacerbated declama-
tion in favor of ancient dogma against modem
4. A speech of a rhetorical kind expressing strong
feeling and addressed to the passions of the hearers
a declamatory speech, a harangue.
1594 Hooker Eccl. Pol. iii. viii. 11611) 98 The cause why
such declamations preuaill so greatly, Ls, for that men suffer
themselues to be deluded. 1631 Weever Anc. Fun. Mon.
23 But this was but one of Caesars rodamantadoes, or
thundring declamations. 1688 Penton Guardians Instr. 47
The constant Declamations against us of those intruding
members. ^1715 Burnkt Own Time (1766) II. 216 It was
only an insolent declamation . full of fury and indecent
.
invectives. 1856 Emerson Eng. Traits, First Visit "WV^.
(Bohn) I!. 4 On this, he [Coleritlge] burst into a declamation
t Dexlamator. Obs. [a. L. declamatory n. of
action from declamdre to Declaim.] One who
practises declamation a declaimer.
;
1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) IV. 401 luHus Gallio..was
[the] best declamator of alle. 1530 Elyot Goi'. i. xiii.They
whiche do onely teache rhetonke. .ought to be named
rhetoriciens, decfamatours, artiftciall spefcers. .or
name than oratours. 16x4 F. White AV//. Fisher 590 Sir
Declamator, you vsurpe Radamanthus his office. 1699
Bentley Phal. Introd. 7 Was ever any Declamator's Case
so extravagantly put ? 1710 Steele TatUr No. 56 F i Who
could, I say, hear this generous Declamator without being
fired hy his noble Zeal ?
Declamatozy (d/lclae'matari), a, (j3.)
declamdtdri-ns^ \. decldmator-em : see prec. and
-OKV.] Of or pertaining to rhetorical declaiming
ofthe nature of, or characterized by, declamation.
1581 Mulcaster Positions x. (1887) 57 To pronounce ..
orations and other declamatory argumentes. i6si Burton
Ana/. Mel. ii. ii. vi. iii. To leaue all declamatory speeches
. .
in praise of divine Musick. a 1639 Wotton (J.\ This
became a declamatory theme amongst the religious men of
that age. 1705 Mason Ch. Mus. i. s That peculiar species
of Music, which may be called declamatory. 1807 G.
Chalmers Caledonia I. in. vii. 35)3 note. This pretended
charter is ver\* suspicious : its style is too declamatory. 1880
L. Stephen Pope iii. 75 It is in the true declamatory pas-
sages that Pope is at his best.
t b. Characterized by declamation against some-
thing ; denunciatory. Obs.
1589 Nashe Greene's Menaphon Ded. 10 Least in this de*
clamatorie vaine, I should condemne all and commend none,
t B. sb. A
declamatory speech, Obs.
little sur- i6iB8 L'Estrange Prief Hist. Times m. 12 Then's the
Time for Declamatorycs, and P^xagge rat ions.
Hence DdCla'matorineM, the quality of being
declamatory.
\Z^ForeignQ. Rev. XXXIII.pSiThc general character-
istics of Linguet's oratory are declamator iness and paradox.
t DeclaTable, a. Obs. [f. L. deddrd-re +
-ble; viewed also as f. Declare + -able.]
Capable of being declared, shown, or made known.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 111. iv. 113 This is declare-
able from theliest and most professed Writers, /bid. iv. xiii.
1678 Cudworth Intell. Syst. 23 Right Reason is of two
sorts. .Of which the Divine is inexpressible, but the Humane
declarable.
DECLARATION.
Declarant (c]/klc»Tant;. [f. F. declarant
or L. decldrdnt-emj pr. pple. of decldrdre to De-
CLAKE see -ant.] One who makes a declaration :
:
esp. in Law.
1681 Glanvill Sadducismus n. 296 Declares, that [etc.].
and that this was after the Declarant's renouncing of her
Baptism. 175a J. Stewart in Scots Mag. June (1753) 285/2
The declarant was at Edinburgh. 1818 Scott Rob Roy viii.
The declaration farther set forth that he, the said declarant,
. .
was informed that they were of the worst description. 1888
Times 29 Oct. 5/3 The object of requiring the signature of
the declarant is to fix liability for false declarations.
Declaration ^deklari^'-Jan). Also 4-5 -acioun,
4-6 -acion. F. cUclaratio^i or ad. L. decldrd'
[a.
tion-em^ n. of action t decldrdre to Declare.]
+ 1. The action of making clear or clearing up
(anything obscure or not understood) ; elucidation,
explanation, interpretation. Obs.
CZ374 Chaucer Boeth. in. x. (Camb. MS.) 71^ Thyse
geometryens whan they han shewyd hyr proposiciouns ben
wont to bryngen in thinges t>at they clepyn porysmes or
declaraciouns of forseyde thinges. c 1391 Astrol. 1. § 4 —
And for the more declaracioun, lo here the figure. \^j
R. Thorne in Hakluyt Voy. (1589) 253 For more declaration
For the declaracion of the whiche ambyguitee and doubtc.
1656 H. Phillips Purch. Patt. (1676) 57 This Table is so
plain, that it needs no declaration.
t 2. The setting forth or expounding of a topic
exposition, description, relation. Obs.
138a WvcLiF Deut. xvii. 18 He shal discriuc.a decla-
racioun of this lawe [deuteronotnium legis hujus\ in a
volym. 1460 Capghave Chron. 17 The childim of Noe of
. .
whos issew here schal be a declaration. 1553 T. WiLsoM
Rhet. 95 A description or an evident declaration of a thyng
as though we sawe it even now doen. 1619 Mirr. Mag.
Title-p., With a Declaration of all the Warres, Battels and
Sea-fights, during her Rci^ne. 164a Perkins Pro/. Bk. v.
§ 437. 189 Of Dower ad ostium ecclesia a good declaration
' *
hath beene made by Master Littleton in his first book.
3. The action of stating, telling, setting forth, or
announcing openly, explicitly or formally ; positive
statement or assertion an assertion, announcement
;
or proclamation in emphatic, solemn, or legal terms.
1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 2606 ban sal he deme ilka nac>'on.
And mak a fynal declaracyon Of alle i>e domes byfor shewed.
1436 in Surtees Misc. (1890* 9 Apon J»is declaracion made.
1547 in Vicary's Anat. (1888) App. iii. 161 Crosses to be sett
science. vpon mens dores for the declaracion of the plage. 1^94
Hooker Eccl. Pol. \. ii. (1611' 5 His promises are nothing
else but declarations what God will do for the good of men.
1651 HoBBES Leviath. 11. xxi. 114 If he dye .. without
declaration of his Heyre. 1751 Johnson Rambler No. 152
p 3 Declarations of fidelity. 1796 Jane Aisten Sense 4-
Sens. (1849) 33 In spite of Mariantie's declaration that the
day would be lastingly fair. 1856 Froude Hiit. En^.KxZ^^Z)
I. iii. 262 The pope made a public declaration with respect
to the dispute. 1881 Bagehot Biog. Studies 290 The first
declaration of love was made by the lady.
4. a. Declaration of war: formal announcement
or proclamation by a Power of the commencement
of hostilities against another Power. Also declara-
tion of peace.
1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 243 When |>e Roma>*nes
woTde werry in eny lond, schulde oon goo and cicreliche . .
declare. .J>e matire and cause of the werre, and t>at declar-
acioun was i<leped clarigatio. 1548 Hall Chron. 207 She
was sent with a plain overture and declaracion of {jcace.
. .
iTfi* Univ. Mag. Feb. 99 The following is a Declaration of
War by Spain against Great Britain dated the 16th of
any other
1803 Edin. Rrt: Jan. 389 Declarations of war
January.
and peace, when presented by the executive to the le^iv
lative bo*Jy, are to be adopted (etc-l. i8«8 Napier Htst.
I^enins. IVar I. 137 The invasion of Napoleon produced a
friendly alliance between those countries without a declar-
ation of peace. 1845 Polson in Encycl. Metrop. 728/1 I'he
custom of making a declaration of war to the enemy, pre-
[ad. L. vious to the commencement of hostilities, is of great anti-
quity, and was practised even by the Romans .. Since,
however, the peace of Versailles, in 1763, such declarations
have been discontinued, and the present usage is, for the
state with whom the war commences to publisn a manifesto
within its own territories.
b. Declaration of the poll : the public official
announcement of the numbers |X)lleQ for each can-
.
didate at an election. Hence attrib. in declaration
day.
1863 H. Cox Ittstit. I. viiL 1 14 Upon the closing of the poll,
the poll-books are sealed, and kept under seal until the
declaration of the poll. i8o« /^a;Vy Neivs 14 Oct. 6/1 On
the morning of declaration day, there arrived reports about
some districts in which the iK>lling had been Urge.
5. The action of declaring for or against (see
Declare v. 8),
1736 Butler Anal Wks. 1874 ^3 The natural fear
i. iii. I.
. . which restrains from such crimes, u a declaration of
nature against them.
6. A
proclamation or public statement as em-
bodied in a document, instrument, or public act.
Declaration o/ Indulgence: see Indulgence.
Declaration 0/ Rights the Parliamentary declaration of
:
1689 see Right.
:
Declaration 0/ Independence the public act by which the
:
American Continental Congress, on July 4th, 1776, declared
the North American colonies to be free and indeuendent of
Great Britain ; the document in which this is embodied.
Declaration of Paris : a diplomatic instrument signed by
the representatives of the powers at the Congress of Paris in
1856, settling and defining important points of maritime law
affecting belligerents and neutrals in time of war.
i6s9 B. Harris ParrvoTs Iron Age 20S A petition from
some Lords in England, conformable in the mam points to a
 DECLARATIONIST.
Declaration of the Scots, which they called the intention of
their Army. 1660 Marveli- Corr. vi. Wks. 1872-5 11. 25
To-morrow the Bill for enacting his Majestye's Declaration
in religious matters is to haue its first reading. 1776 An)t.
Reg^. 261 A Declaration by the Representatives of the United
States of America, in General Congress assembled, July 4.
1780 Itnpartial Hist. War Amcr. 335 These Articles, as
well as the Declaration of Independence, were published in
all the Colonies. x8i6 Scott Old Mori, xxxvii. The declar-
ation of Indulgence issued by Charles II. 1846 M'^Culloch
Ace. Brit. Evi^ire {\^sA) II- 209 The principal abuses that
had characterized ihe government of the two preceding
reigns, were also enumerated and digested into an instru-
ment, called a Declaration and Claim of Rights, presented
and assented to, by the new sovereigns.
7. La7v. a. The plaintiffs statement of claim in
an action ; the writing or instrument in which this
is made.
1483 Act Rich. Ill, c. 6 § 1 The Plaintiff. [shall] make
I .
Oath . that the Contract
. comprised in the same Declara-
. .
tion [etcj. 1579 \V. Rastell Termes of Laiv, Dedaratyon
is a shewinge forth in writing of the griefe and complaynt
of the demaundant or pleintife, against the tenant or defen-
dant. 1643 Perkins Prof. Bk. ii. § 151. 67 The declaration
shall abate. 1672 Wycherley Love in Wood Ded., No
man with papers in 's hand is more dreadful than a poet
no, not a lawyer with his declarations. 1768 Blackstone
Counn. III. 203 As soon as this action is brought, and the
complaint fully stated in the declaration. 1817 W. Selwyn
Law Nisi Prills II. 783 The first count in the declaration.
b. A
simple affirmation allowed to be taken, in
certain cases, instead of an oath or
tion.
1834 Act 5-6 Will. IV, Wharton Laio Lex.
164 By 5 6 & Wm.
c. 62. 1848
IV, c. 62, for the abolition of unnecessary
oaths, any justice . is empowered to take voluntary declara-
.
tions in the form specified in the act. And any person
wilfully making such declaration false, in any material par-
ticular, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.
c. In the Custom-house; see Declare
1853 Act i6 ^- 17 Vict. c. 107 § 186 The master of the ship
_ Hamilton Rew. <y Punishnt. iv. (1S53) 175 Still more
in which such goods shall be laden shall before clearance
make and subscrilje a declaration before the proper officer
of customs. 1876 Act 39 ^ 40 Vict. c. 36 § 58.
d. The creation or acknowledgement of a trust
or use in some form of writing; any writing
whereby a trust or use is constituted or proved to
exist.
a 1626 Bacon Max. ^ Uses Coimn. Law xiv. (1636) 56 De-
clarations evermore are countermandable in their natures.
1818 Cruise Digest (ed. 2) I. 449 The only point for which
they contended was, that the articles under which they
claimed, amounted to a good declaration of the uses of
. .
recovery. Ibid. 463 A declaration of trust requires no par-
ticular form, provided it be proved or manifested in writing.
1827 Jarman PmuelCs Devises (ed. 3I II. 75 There being no
declaration of the trust of the money beyond the life of the
wife, it resulted to the heir.
e. Scots Law. * In criminal proceedings the ac-
count which a prisoner, who has been apprehended
on suspicion of having committed a crime, gives
of himself on his examination, which is taken
down in writing' (Bell/J;VA s.v.).
Dying declaration: a declaration made by a person on
his deathbed, which is admitted as evidence in a prosecution
for homicide.
yndicial declaration the statement, taken down in
:
writing, of a party when judicially examined as to the par-
ticular facts ina civil action.
1818 Scott Hri. Midi, xxiii, It usually happens that
..
these declarations become the means of condemning the
accused, as it were, out of their own mouths. 1861 W. Bell
Diet, Law Scot. 256 The magistrate's proper duty is dis-
tinctly to inform the prisoner not only that it is optional for
him to make a declaration or not as he pleases, but also
that what he says may afterwards be used against him on
his trial.
8. In the game of bezique see quot.
: Cyprianus Leoultius . . is declaratorily deliuered in the end
1870 Mod. Hoyle 153 Declaration is the act of declaring
a score by the process of placing certain cards upon the
table. Ibid. 148 The last declaration must be made before
the last two cards are drawn.
_
Declara'tiouist. nonce-wd.
in or signs a declaration.
^
1892 Times 7 Jan. 10/5 We
are indebted to the declaratJon-
iats for bringing this controversy again before the public.
Declarative (d/klse-rativ), a. (sd.)
daratif, -ive, or ad. L. declm-dtiv-tis , f. ppl. stem
ofa'^i^/<3m?'e to Declare see-ivE.] Characterized
:
by declaring (in the various senses of the vb.).
1 1. Making clear, manifest, or evident. Ohs.
a 1536 TiNDALE Wks. 67 (R.) Notwithstanding y" sonne .s
the cause declaratiue wherby we know that the other is
a father. 1644 Bulwer Chirol. i All the declarative conceits
of Gesture. 1646 P. Bulkeley Gospel Ccrut. iv. 337 These
kind of promises are declarative, making manifest who be
. .
those true beleivers to whom the life promised, .doth belong.
rti66s J. Gooi>\<;\'^ Filled 7v. the Spirit (1867) 329 Holy
and zealous impressions upon the hearts . . of men may be
declarative of their being filled with the Spirit of God.
1772 Fletcher Logica Genev. 43 The declarative evidences
. . whether or no he was among the trees of
righteousness.
t b. That manifests itself or is capable of mani-
festation. Obs.
1642 T. Hodges Glimpse 36 Every thing whereby the de-
clarative highnesse of this great God is advanced, a 1679
GuRNALLJn .Spurgeon Treas, Dav. Ps.cii. 16 His declarative
glory then appears, when the glory of his mercy, truth and
faithfulness break forth in his people's salvation.
2. Characterized by making declaration ; of the
nature of a declaration or formal assertion. De-
clarative act, statute, etc. ^ Declaratoby
99 DECLARE.
1628 T. Spencer Logick 153 A declaratiue, or pronouncing b. Const, of.
sentence. 1646 S. 'Holto's A rraignnr. Err. 136 Ministerial!,
x66o R. Coke Po7ver ^ Subj. 227 That the Statute, .should
declaratiue, subordinate Judges. 1661 Bramhall Just Vind.
be but declaratory of the ancient and common Law of this
iii. 31 Whether the Act or Statute were operative or de- Land. 1791 Mackintosh P^ind. Gallicx Wks. 1846 III. 26
. .
clarative, creating new right, or manifesting, or restoring
Resolutions declaratory of adherence to their former decrees.
old right. 1692 Bi'. Patrick Ansiv. Touchstone 97 The only
1876 Bancroft Hist. U. S. III. x. 431 The decision was
Question is, Whether their Absolution be only declarative, declaratory of the boundary. 1884 Law Reports 9 App.
or also operative? 1755 Carte Ilist. Eng. IV. 335 It was a Cases 95 The Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 is declaratory
declarative law. 1824 L. Murray ^w^. Grain. \^^. 5) I. 270
. .
of the prior law.
The best method of discovering the proper case of the pro-
noun, in such phrases . is, to turn them into declarative
.
tB. sb. A declaratory order ; a declaration. Obs.
expressions. 1571 State Trials, Dk. of Norfolk {^\k-^yivc\n\nxy cogni-
b. Const, tion in the cases of controversy, with a small declaratory to
of.
have followed. 1691 Agreement 70. Denmark (MS. Treaties
_ 1642
Chas. I Ans7u. Declar. Both Houses i July, Accord-
ing to the Common Law fof which the Statute is but de- 96), His Majesty., has thought fitt to issue out a Declaratory
or Ordonnance concerning the Shipping and the carrying
. .
clarative), 1774 Pen>:ant TourScotl. in 1772, 16 An inscrip-
on of their Commerce with France.
tion, declarative of his munificence towards the church. 1866
Gkosakt in Lisfiiore Papers Introd. 12 Much of the record t Decla'rature. Obs. rare. [f. ppl. stem of
. .is declarative of a wish on the part of the Founder of the L. decldrdre to Declare + -uitE.] = Declaration.
History to win the ear of posterity. 1729 Wodro7v Corr. (1843) III. 440 That deposition was not
1 3. Of a person : Declaring oneself, declaring or the fit state of the vote, but acquiesce and harmony if pos-
uttering one's opinion communicative. Ohs.
;
sible in the declarature.
1647 N. Bacon Disc. Govt, Eng. i. vi. (1739) 14 The times Declare (d/kle^u), v. Also 4-5 declar, 6 de-
were too tender to endure them to be declarative on either clair, -ayre. [a. F. declare-r, ad. L. dccldrd-re to
part. 1748 Richardson C7a>7jrjrt(i8ii) III.xli.240 He was
still more declarative afterwards.
clear up, make clear or evident, f. De- I. 5 + chfr-us
B. sb. Adeclaratory,statement or act. clear, cldrdre to make clear. OF. had desclairier,
1651 N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. n. x. (1739* 57 Not as an f. des-, de- (De- I. 6) + clair clear, which was gra-
Introduction of a new Law, but as a Declarative of the old. dually brought, through declairir, declairer, into
1865 Bushnell Vicar. Sacr. \u, i. 201 As declaratives of
natural consequence.
conformity with the L. type.]
solemn affirma- Decla'ratively, adv. [f. prec. + -lv -'.] in 1 1. trans. To make clear or plain (anything that
is obscure or imperfectly understood) ; to clear up,
a declarative manner, by way of declaration or :
explain, expound, interpret, elucidate.
distinct assertion; fby way of manifestation. c 1325 E. E. A Hit. P. B. 1618 And I>a5 J>e mater be merk
1625 UssHER Answ. Jesuit 132 [They] doe discharge that
.. He shal de-clar hit also, as hit on clay stande. 1:1400
part of iheirfunction which concerneth forgivenesse of sinnes,
Lanfranc^s Cirurg. 72 Declarynge & openynge doutis.
partly operatively, partly declaratively. 1652 Englands
Commonw. 20 A man whom . this State had declaratively j
1526 Pilgr. Pcrf. (W. de W. 1531) 56 Vf I sholde reherse
.
them excepte I sholde also declare them, they sholde not
1671 Flavel Fount, of Life xii. 55 Not only
. .
disclaimed.
ioc. moche profyte. 1530 Palsgr. 508/2 It is no nede to declare
v. declaratively or by way of manifestation, a 1848 R. W.
I
it,the mater is playne ynoughe.
1638 Chh.lingw. Relig.
,
declaratively is the connexion told.
Prot. \. ii. § 12. 58 That those
which are obscure [things]
should remain obscure, untill
to declare them. he please
t Declarator, sb.'^ Obs. [a. L. declarator^ a 1691 BovLi: (J.), To declare this a little, we must assume
agent-n. from dccldrdrc to Declake.] One who that the surfaces of such bodies are e.\actly smooth.
declares or makes manifest ; an informer. 1 2. To manifest, show forth, make known ; to
rtiS77 Sir T. Smith Comnnv. Eng. (1633) 100 The other imfold, set forth (facts, circumstances, etc.) ; to
part to the Declarator, Detector or Informer. describe, state in detail to recount, relate. Obs. ;
Declarator (d/kl?c*rat3j), sb."^ Sc. [rei)resent- c 1340 Hampole Prose Tr. 23, 1 shalle telle and declare to
ing K. d^claratoire [acte, sentence declaratoire), the a litiUe of this more opynly. c 1400 Maundev. (i839)v.
niQd.lj.daldrdtorius, -a,-um: see Declaii.\toiiy.] 53 For to declare 50U the othere weyes, that drawen toward
Babiloyne. 1526 Pilgr. /Vr/:(W.de W. 1531), The cause.
A declaratory statement, ' a legal or authentic de- shall be more playnly declared in the seconde boke. a 1533
claration' (Jam.). {Action 0/) declarator (Sc.Law) Ld. Bekneks Huon .xlii. 140 He declared to them the dethe
of his brother. 1582 N. T. iRheni.j.-JcVj .\x. 27 For I haue not
a form of action in the Court of Session, in which
spared to declare vnto you al the counsel of God. 1606 Hol-
something is prayed to be declared judicially, the j
i.MiY}S7(eton.-j6 Hewrote. somewhat ofhisowne life: which .
I
legal consequences being left to follow as a matter hee declared [L. exposuit\ in thirty books. 1703 MoxoN
of course. Mech. Excrc. 237, I will declare their Method of Working.
1567 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (18x4) 28 (Jam.) Desyring our + 3. inlr. To make exposition or relation of.
souerane lord, etc., to gif declaratour to the said William 1393 GowtR Conf. III. 128 Of other sterres how they fare,
Dowglas . . that he has done his detfull diligence. 1599 I ihmke hereafter to declare, c i4ooMAUNDh;v. {Roxb.).\vi.
Jas. I Awpoc (1603) 17 Your pronguncing of sen-
BotCTiA. 72 Here hafe I talde 50W and declared of h^ Haly Land and
tences, or declaratour of your will in judgement. 1746-7 of cuntreez l>er ahoute. c 1470 Henry Wallace v. 52S He.
Act 20 Geo. II, c. 50 § 3 The citation in the general decla- To thaim declarde off all this paynfull cas. 1526 'I'indalk
rator of non-entry. 1864 Daily Tel. 13 June, The Scotch Acts'K'^VL. 2 And thre saboth dayes declared of the scriptures
unto them. a 1533 Ld. Berners Huon cxxv. 452 The
courts have a kind of action called a declarator of mar-
riage, in which they affirm or negative the abstract pro- whiche he shewyd to syr Barnarde, and declaryd of the
position that two persons are married persons. 1876 Grant fountayne and gardayne,
Burgh Sch.^ Scotl. 11. i. 92 They raised a summons of de- 4. trans. Of things To manifest, show, demon- :
clarator against the Council concluding that Elgin Academy
strate, prove.
was a public School. 1884 Law Reports 9 App. Cases 305
In later quots. there is association with 5.
The present action was brought, .for declarator of his right
c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1498 The fires which that on myn
to one-half of the heritable estate.
auter brenne Shulle thee declaren . Thyn auenture of loue. .
Declaratorily (d;'klse-rat3rili), adv. \i. De- c 1391 -— Astrol. II. § 6 pif any degree in thi zodiak be dirk,
claratory +-ly^.] In a declaratory manner ; in his nadire shal declare him. 1533 ELVorCrt^i'. //c/;'/;i'(i539)
the form of a declaration. 57 b, Suche maner of vomite declareth corruption. 1535
CovERDALE Ps. xvili. [xix.] I The very heauens declare the
1588 J. Harvey Disc. Prohl. 103 The resolution of
glory off God. 1568 E. Tilnkv Disc. Marriage Ciij, Much
babling declareth a foolishe head, 1667 Milton /'. L. iv.
of this Prognosticon. x6i6 Jas. I Sp. in Starre -Chamber 20
300 His fair large Front and Eye .sublime declar'd Absolute
June 10, 1 tookethis occasion, .here in this Seate of ludge-
ment, not judicially, but declaratorily and openly to giue
rule. 1668 Culpepper &
Cole Barthol. Anat, iv. ii. 338
those directions. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vii.
Many Sceletons declare that the Cartilago scutiformis
. .
xvii. 376 [They] have both declaratorily confirmed the
. . is changed into the hard substance of a Bone. 1810
One who joins Scott Lady of L. 1. xxv. Nor track nor pathway might
same.
declare That human foot frequented there.
Declaratory (d/klae-ratsri), a. and sb. [ad.
5. To make known or state publicly, formally, or
L. type declarator i'us, -a, -urn, f. decldrdtor-eni a
terms to assert, proclaim, announce or
in explicit ;
[a. F. d^f- declarer: see -oky. Cf. F. declaratoire (i6th c.,\]
pronounce by formal statement or in solemn terms.
Having the function of declaring, setting forth, or c 1330 R. BrunneC/;:^;'". (1810)314 per foure at Rome ware,
explaining; having the nature or form of a declara- to areson (?e pape, pe right for to declare. 1397 Rolls of
tion ; affirmatory. /'(z;'//'. III. 378/2 As it is more pleynleche declared in the same
Declaratory act or statute one which declares or explains Commission, c 1400 Destr. Troy 2147 Qwen the kyng had
\
hiscounsell declaret to the ende. 15. ? Dunbar Wks. (1893)
what the existing law is. Declaratory action (Sc. Law) = .
Action of Declarator. Declaratory judgement ox decree'. 264/3 His name of confort I will declair, Welcom, my awin
Lord Thesaurair 1648 Dk. Hamilton in //. Papers
one which simply declares the rights of tne parties or the !
(Camden) 234 You shall declare in name of this kingdome
opinion of the court as to what the law is.
that they nor their forces will not admitt . . the excepted
1587 FlemingC^«/h. Holinshed III. 1362/2 The explication
or meaning of the bull declaratorie made by Pius the fift
persons. 1827 Jarman Po^lvcIVs Devisjs (ed. 3) II. 165
A testator, after declaring his intention to dispose of all his
against Elisabeth, a 1631 Donne in Select. (1840) 67 Neither
worldly estate. 1856 Froude ///V. Eug. (1858) I. ii. in
would this profit without the declaratory justification. 1648
in Clarendon Hist. Reb. xl (1843) 679/2 A recital in a new
The parliament itself declared in formal language that they
would resist any attempt.
law, which was not a declaratory law of what the law was
formerly in being. 1699 Burnet 39 Art. xxv. (1700) 276 b. with compl. : a person, etc. (to be) something.
The power of pardoning is only declaratory. 1787 J. Bar- 1538 Starkey England \. iv. 124 To declayre penytent
low Oration 4 July 7 That declaratory Act of Independ- heartys. .to be absoluyd from the faute therof. 1640 State
Trials, Earl Strq^ord(R.), No man hath ever been declared
ence, which gave being to an empire. 184s Polson in
Encycl. Metrop. 852/1 Actions known to Scottish law .. a traitor, either by king or parliament, except [etc.]. 1659
Declaratory actions, wherein the right of the pursuer is B. Harris Pari^'aFs Iron Age 269 The Chanceller declared
craved to be declared, but nothing is claimed to be done by him Major, as being entred into the fourteenth yeare of his
the defender. 1857 Gladstone Glean. VI. xliii. 74 The case age. 1667 Milton P.L. vi. 72B That thou in me well pleas'd
is not one of divorce at all, but of a declaratory process declarst thy will Fulfill'd. 1765-9 Blackstone Comjn. i. xvi.
where the marriage had been originally null. 1884 A. R. (T793) 1. 578 When a woman declares herself with child. 1848
. .
Pknnington Wiclifvm. 257 With regard to Penance and Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 115 [He] declared himself a member
Absolution, he holds the view of the Church of England, of the Church of Rome. 1874 Green Short Hist. vi. § 4.
act, etc. that the office of the priest is declaratory. 312 The end of all punishment he declares to be reformation.
13*-
 DECLARE.
o. To declare war : to
proclamation of hostilities against
power.
1551 HuLOET, Declare warres, anna eature^htllum indi-
cere. 1681 Salgado Symbiosis 6 Of Angels., some declared
war against God. 1761 Chesterk. Lett. IV. ccclx. 178, 1 have
now good reason to believe that Spain will declare war to
us. 1763 Gcnll. Mag. Mar. 108 Before the war just now
concluded was declared. 1837 Examiner 422/1 France
has formally declared war against Algiers. 1831 Ibid. 321, i
The Duke.. had declared war. ~. . ..
d. To declare a dividend: to announce officially
a (specified) dividend as payable.
e. To state emphatically ; to affirm, aver, assert.
1709 Steele Tatter No. 1 55 F t He declares, he would
rather be in the Wrong with Plato, than in the Right with
such Company. I7S» Johnson Rambler No. 199 r 15 One
young lady declared that she scorned to separate her
. .
wishes from her acts. 1841 D'Iskakli Amen. Lit. (1867)
136 Spenser.. declared that the language of Chaucer was
the purest English, i860 Tvndall Glac. I. x. 67 Who at
first declared four guides to be necessary.
b. Used as a mere asseveration.
i8it L. M. Hawkins Ctess f; Ccrtr. i. 8, I declare to
goodness. 1839 Cath. Sinclair Holiday House xv. 300,
I declare poor Fri^k is going to be sick 1849 Longf.
Kavanagli Prose Wks, 1886 II. xxix. 408 Well, I declare !
If it is not Mr. Kavanagh 1889 Earl oh Desart Lit.'.
CItatelaine II. xxiii. 107, I declare, 1 long to see your
niece.
a. to avow or proclaim
7. To declare oneself:
one's opinions, leanings, or intentions ; b. to
make known or reveal one's true character, identity,
or existence; a.\iO fig. of things.
c 1519 WoLSEV in Kllis Orig. Lett. 1. II. 5 So declaryng
your sylf therin that the world may perceive [etc.]. a 1626
IJacon (J.), In Ca;sar's army somewhat the soldiers would
have had, yet they would not declare themselves in it, but
only demanded a discharge, n 1680 Butler Rem. (1750) I.
237 .\s Thistles wear the softest Down, To hide their
Prickles they're grown And then declare them.selves
till ; A. D. 1492
and Whatever ventures to come near, a 1719 Addi-
tear
son (J.), We are a considerable body, who, upon a
proper occasion, would not fail to declare ourselves. 1883
.Standard 7 Sept. 4/6 .\ politician who could hardly
declare himself with frankness without, .alienating one or
other of the sections of which his Party was composed. 1884
IVeekty Times 7 Nov, 2 '4 Wherever a spark fell., a little
lire promptly declared itself.
e. -vi'iihfor or against, etc. 8.
1631 Heallieu /,f/.'in Crl. tj Times Chas. /(1848) II. 155
The circle of the Lower Saxony have now declared them-
selves for him. 1697 Damimer i 'oy. I. tntrod. p. vi, I .now
declared myself on the side of those that were Out-voted.
1840T111RI.WALL Creece^W. 303 Alexander, .declared him-
self for Cissandcr. 1867 Smiles Huguenots Eug. i.\. 144
Protestant children were invited to declare themselves
atjainst the religion of their parents.
'8. intr. ;for rejl.) To declare for
to make known or avow one's sym-
or against :
jiathy, opinion, or resolution to act, for or against.
16.. Jer. Tavlor (J.\ 'I'he internal faculties of will and
understanding, decreeing and declaring against them. 1659
li. Harris ParivaCs Iron Age 216 Poyer, and Powell, for-
merly for the Parliament.. declared against them. 1706
Hearne Collect. 3 Apr., A Man .. for siding with both
Parties. and not declaring
. . for either. 1754 Chatham
Lett. Nephciu iv. 23 The adhering, .to false and dangerous
notions, only because one has declared for them, 1823
l.AMii Elia Ser. 11. Poor Ret, He declareth ag.ainst fish.
1855 Macaui.av Hist. Eng. III. 642 Wexford had declared
1881 Hentv Comet 0/ Horse xvii. 175
for King William.
Rupert naturally declared at once for the journey to
Paris.
t b. To declare for to declare oneself a candi- :
date for to make a bid for. Obs.
;
1666 Pepvs Diary ^i'i^<j)V\. 44 To discourse of the further
quantity of victuals fit to be declared for. 17OX W. Wotton
Hist. Rome 385 These Fancy's led one Severus. -to declare
for the Empire. 1769 (Joldsm. Hist. Rome {ijZ6) II. 456
'I'ho^e who at first instigated him to declare for the throne.
9. 7'o declare off: to stale formally that one is ' off
with a bargain or undertaking to break off an
engagement, practice, etc. to withdraw, back out.
colloq. (Karely trans.)
1749 Fielding Tom Jones xv. ix. Propose marriage, .and
she will declare off in a moment. 1766 Goldsm. Vic. W.
xiii. No, I declare off; I'll fight no more. 179X Gouv.
Morris in Sparks Life fr li^rit.(i%^i) III. 19, 1 contrived
to get clear by declaring off from being a candidate. 1813
Sforting Mag. XXXIX. 188 Many decLired off their bets.
1876 G. Eliot Dan. Der. vill. Ixiv. 573 When i^came to the
point, Mr. Haynes declared off, and there Itas been no one
to t.ake it since.
10. a. intr. To make a declaration or
La-,n.
statement of claim as plaintiff In an action. Alscr
with that.
ijia Act 4 Hen. VIII, c. 20 S 2 If. eny of iheym be non.
sule in any of the said Appelis .ifter they have appered and
declared in the same, a i6J6 Hacon Ma.x. ff Uses Com. Laio
iii. (16361 2o Her demand is of a moity, and shce declares
upon the custome of the Realme. i6u Perkins /'«>/: lH-.
ii. § 151 If xr\ action of debt be brought by administrators
and they declare that [etc.]. 17<8 1)i.ackstone Comni. III.
113 The party applying for the prohibition is directed by
the court to declare in prohibition.
b. trans. To make a formal statement consti-
tuting or acknowledging (a trust or use\
1677 .^ct 29 Chas. II, c. 3 § 7 That all declarations or
creations of trusts or confidences, .shall lie. .proved by some
writing, signed by the party who is by law enabled to declare
such trust. X767 Blackstonk Comm. II. 363 If these deeds
are made previous to the fine or recovery, they are called
100 DECLENSION.
make formal and deeds to lead the uses; if subsequent, deeds to declare SeclaTUlgly, adv. rare. In a manner that
public
them. x8x8 Cruise Digest {cd. 2) VI. 392 Where the trusts
another declares, manifests, or demonstrates.
(,t to)
and limitations were expressly declared. 1581 NowELL & Day in Confer. \. (1584) E iv, Fides justi-
C. To make a full and proper statement of or as ficat ajfprekensiue, faith doth iustifie apprehendingly, opera
to (goods liable to duty) to name (such and such
; iustificant dectaratiui, workes doe iustifie declaringly.
dutiable goods) as being in one's possession, trans. DeclaSS (d/'kla-s), V. [a. mod.F. dt'classer, {.
dt<-, des- (see De- I. 6) + classe class, classer to
and intr.
1714 Fr. Bk. 0/ Rates 158 Without declaring and reporting class.] trans. To remove or degrade from one's
.
thereof, and paying the Duties and Customs which tneyare class. Hence Seclassed ///. a. ( F. diclassf). =
so subject to. I76j Univ, Mag. Feb. 99 All merchants who 1888 Pall Mall Budget 5 July 30/2 Mrs. E, who declasses
shall have in their possession any cod, or other fish shall . .
.
herself once for all by paintiite her face. 1891 New Review
declare the same and deliver an account thereof. 187a
June 563 The declas.sed Juditn Marsett.
HowELLS IVedii. Jonrtu 279 ' Perhaps we'd better declare Declassicize, declassify: see De- II. i.
some of these things'..'! won't declare a thread!' Mod^
{^Revenue Officer) ' Have you anything to declare ?
'
Seclension (d/klenjan). [Represents L. de-
11. In the game of bezique : To
announce (a par- dtncitidn-em n. of action f. diclindre to Declike},
ticular score; by laying down the cards which yield Y . diclinaison (13th c). The form is irregular,
the score ; to lay the cards face up on the table and its history obscure possibly it came from the
:
for this purpose, trafts. or absol. F. word, by shifting of the stress as in comparison,
1870 Mod. Hoyle 147 {Residue) The winner of the trick orison, benison, and loss of {, as in venison, ven'son,
now declares, if he has anything to declare. giving declin son (cf. 1565 in 4), with subsequent as-
1 12. trans. To clear (a person) of a charge or similative changes the grammatical sense was the
;
imputation. Obs. earliest, and the word had no doubt a long collo-
1460 Fasion Lett. No. 347 I. 508 [We were] mistrusted to
our grete vilanye and rebuke, ,wheche muste be answerd
quial existence in the grammar schools before the
!
the causes why, and we declared. 1463-4 Fiutt/Mon Corr. English form appears in print. Cf. C0N8TEB.]
p. Ixx, Our welbeloved William Plompton Kt. hath truly, I. 1. The action or state of declining, or deviating
sufficiently, & clearly declared himself of all manner
& from a vertical or horizontal position slope, in- ;
matters that have been said or surmised against him,
so wc hold him thereof for fully excused declared. & clination a declining or sinking into a lower
;
the dip of
Declared (d/kle«'Jd), ///. a. [f. prec. + -ed.] position, as of the sun towards setting ;
Openly or formally made known by words or the magnetic needle ( = Declination 8 a). ? Ol>s.
1640-4 I.t>. Finch in Rushw. Hist. Colt iii. (ligi) I. 13
somethine; et^uivalent openly avowed, professed.
;
To make us steer between the Tropicks of Moderation, that
1651 HoHUFS Let'iaih. ii. xxviii. 161 Harme inflicted upon
there be no declension from the role of Security, a 1659
one that is a declared enemy. X7»a IVodrmu Corr, {t%^-^\ II. OsBORN Q. Eliz. Epist. Ddivb, The ignorant Traveller
661, I was glad to observe a declared inclination to write
may see by the Dial, the Time is in a declension. 16B4-90
the lives of our remarkably learned men. 1781 Gibbon Pfcl.
i8s8 Scott T. Hlrnet Tk. Earth (J ), Allow as much for the declension
/•'. III. 92 Declared and devout Pagans.
<y
of the land from that place to the sea. 1764 Ghaingeb tiugar
F. M. Perth xxv, A declared lover. 1884 Palt Malt G.
Cane 1. iii. m?/^, The declension of the needle was discovered
2 Stpt. S,'i The present condition of affairs is most trying,
by Columbus. 1799 W. Tooke Vie^ii Rust. Emf.
aiul ;i declared state of war would be preferable.
I.67 The northern part, .has a sensible declension towards
Declaredly (d/kle>T(-dli), adv. [f. prec. 4- the White Sea. 1801-3 "• I'altas' Trav. (1812) II. 201
-LV '^.j In a declared manner ; with formal declara- This elevated ridge extends, with gradual declensions.,
tion professedly, avowedly, etc. towards the sea.
;
1644 J. Goodwin Innoc. Triumph. (1645) 44 Many by 2. fig. Deviation or declining from a standard
being declaredly ingag'd for such or such an opinion. 1664 falling away (from one's allegiance"), apostasy.
Moke Myst. Ini<^. xiii. 42 They apertlyand declaredly pro- 1504 Shaks. Rich. Ill, iil.vii. 1B9 A Beautie-waining ..
fe'^s that there is only one true God. 1748 Richakuson Widow Seduc'd the pitch, and height of his degree, To
Cf Clarissa iiZii) I. 10 Had not her uncle brought him de-
. .
base declension, and loath'd Hisjamie. i647Clarendon//«/.
claredly as a. suitor to her? 1844 H. H. Wiuson Brit. Rcb. VII. (184^) 432/1 A declension from his own rules of life.
India. III. 130 The states. .were not declaredly at war. 1:1665 Mrs. Hutchinson Mem. Cat. Hutcltinson(\i^(>)yi(>
.
All their prudent declensions saved not the lives of some nor
Decla'reduess. raj-e. [f. as prec. + -NESS.]
the estates of others. 1814 Carv Dante, Parad. iv. 69 That
The state of being declared. ..is argument for faith, and not For heretic declension.
1846 Wi^KCESTEK cites More. 1881 W. R. Smith Old Test, in 7nv. Ch. xii. 344 The declen-
Declare +
t Decla'rement. Obs, [f. v. sions of Israel had not checked the outward zeal with which
-MENT. Cf. OV. declaraneiU [desctairicment, tie- Jehovah was worshipped.
{in favour of )
dairement] I4-I5th c. but this was app. obs. 3. The process or state of declining, or sinking
;
into a lower or inferior condition ; gradual
when the Eng. word was formed.]
1. The act of showing or setting forth exposition, diminution, deterioration, or decay; falling off,
;
explanation, manifestation, declaring. decline.
1646 Sir T. Bkowne Pseud. Ep. frequent errors,
\. i, The 160s Shaks. Ham. 11. ii. 149 He ..Fell into a Sadnesse..
we shall our selves commit, even in the expresse declare- thence into a Weaknesse, Thence to a Lightnesse, and by
ment hereof. x66s Glasvill Seeps. Set. xiv. 78 For the this declension Into the Madncsse whereon now he raues.
. . Declarement of this, we are to observe (etc.]. 1660 Jek. Tavlor Worthy Commun. ii. ( i. lis In the
greatest declension of Religion. 1677 Co^'t. Venice Ep. Ded.
2. Declaration, express or formal statement ; the
I The State of Venice is at this day in its declension. 17^
act of declaring against an)thing. tr. Rollins Ant. Hist. (1827) I. Pref. 1 The causes of their
1633 T. AoAMS Exp. 2 Peter ii. 3 When by our comfort- declension and fall. 1874 Maurice Friendship Ills. ii. 55
able declarements, we have testified our assurance of blessed- Symptoms of declension or decay.
ness. 1679 Tom Ticklefoot' Trial Waketnatt 7 A de-
*
b. Sunken or fallen condition.
clarement against shedding innocent blood.
164* Jer. Taylor Efisc. (1647)214 It hath, .come to so low
Declarer (d/klO»*r3j). Declare v. + -er.] a declension, as it can scarce stand alone. 1734 tr. Rollins
[f.
1. One who declares a. One who expounds,
:
f Anc. Hist. (1827) VII. xvii. 345 Till Sparta sunk to her
1776 Auam Smith IV. N. 1. xi_. I. 213 The
last declension.
explains, or interprets. Obs.
declension of Spain is not, perhaps, so great as is commonly
15J7 R. Thorne in Ilakluyt Voy. (1589) 258 That I be the
im.igined.
declarer or gloser of mine owne worke. 1530 Pai.scr. 212/1
Declarer, expounder, deelarfz-r, exhosevr. a 17x4 J. Sharp II. 4. Gram. a. The variation of the form of a
Serm. VII. iv. (R.*, To be the infallible declarers and inter- noun, adjective, or pronoun, constituting its different
preters of the sense of Scripture to all the Christian world. cases (see Caskj/'.' 9); case-inflexion, b. Kach
;
b. One who
{ox that which) exhibits, sets of the cl.asses into which the nouns of any language
;
forth, or makes Icnown ; one who proclaims or are grouped according to their inflexions, c. The
publishes. action of declining, i.e. setting forth in order the
1548 Udall, etc, Erasut. Par. Luke xviii. (R.), He became different cases of, a noun, adjective, or pronoun.
.an open declarer of Gods goodness. 1631 State Trials^
1565-78 Cooi'er Thesaurus Introd., Substantives maybe
.
W. Prynne (R.), He is not the declarer of his intentions.
Eacharo Cont. Clergy Such as are His peculiar perceyved by their gender and dcc!en.son. X569 J. Sani-okii
1670 §6
tr. Agrippas Van. Artes 10 Rules of Declensions. 1598
servants, and declarers o! His mind and doctrine. 1870
RuSKiN Led* Art iii. (1887) 89 The declarer of some Shaks. Merry IV. iv. i. 76 Show me now (William) some
true
declensions of your Pronounes. 161s liRiNsLEV Lud. Lit. 58
facts or sincere passions.
The seueral terminations of cuery case in euery Declension.
2. One who makes or signs a declaration.
1640 G. Watts tr. Dacmi's Adv. Learn, vi. i. (R.), Ancient
1649 C. Wai.kBR Hist. Independ. 11. 144 The Declarers languages were more full of declensions, ca-scs, conjuga-
pl.iy the Orators in behalfe of the felicity of Government. tions, tenses, and the like. 1845 SroDtiART in_ F.ncyct.
1817 CoBBETT Pol. Reg. g Feb. 173 This is declaration for de- Metrop. 187/1 Those inflections, which grammarians call
claration .. But, my worthy Decutrers, I am not going to declensions and conjugations. 1871 Rouy Lat. Cram.
stop here. I. 113 S 334 The ordinary division of nouns substantive was
3. One who declares at bezique. into five declensions. Ibid. 116 % 344 Ordinary declension
1870 Mod, Hoyle i^^i Besi'/ne) The declarer cannot declare of .0 stems.
Sequence antl Royal Marri.ige at a blow. t d. Formerly, in a wider sense Change of the :
Declaring (d/kle«Tig\ vbt. sb. [-iNc; 1.] The form or of the ending of a word, as in derivation.
action of the verb Declare in its various senses; (Cf. note under Case sb> 9.) Obs. rare. [So L.
declaration. dcclinatio in early use.]
c 1374 Chaucer Baeth. iii. x. (Camb. MS.) 72 Clepe it as 1678 CuDWORTH Intelt. Syst. 524 The God was called not
—
. .
Monk's
thow wolt, be it porisme. .or declarynges. c 1386 Bettuin but Bellona not Cuna but Cunina At other times,
. . .
.
T. 94 I--0, this declaryng ought y-nough suffise. 1530 Palsgh. this was done without any Declension of the Word at all.
212/2 Declaryng of armes, btason. x6xx Bible a Mace. vi. courteous
III. 5. The action of declining;
17 And nowe wilt wee come to the declaring of the matter
in few words. i6xa Brerewood Latig. Sr Reltg. xii. 108 For refusal, declinature, rare.
the l)etter declaring of which i>oint. 1667 J. Corbet Disc. 1817 HvRON Let. to Murray 21 Aug., Vou want a 'civil.
Rclig. Etig. 40 Their hazardous declaring against the de- declension 'for the., tragedy? 1886 AV/w 13N0V. 3/1 Prince
signed Death of our late Soveraign. Waldemar's declension.