declares is a form of:

Declare



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To make known, to announce openly or formally or explicitly, to state firmly, to make a declaration, to state openly a choice, opinion, to list good on which duty is to be paid. -declare oneself to call oneself, to take a stand. ប្រកាស declare imported goods ប្រតិវេទ, ថ្លែង, ថ្លែងការណ៍
verb
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(បច្ចេកទេស) ប្រកាសរាយការណ៍ (ចំណូលទំនិញ)
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affirm, allege, announce, assert, aver, broadcast, certify, claim, contend, disclose, express, impart, indicate, maintain, make, known, notify, proclaim profess, promulgate, pronounce, protest, state, swear, tell