To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.
To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
To show one's cards in order to score.
To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.
For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result
For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.
To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation.
To make a vow; to promise.
To make a vow regarding (something).
A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.
A declaration or assertion.