declarative

[dih-klar-uh-tiv]

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adjective

serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.

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Also de·clar·a·to·ry

[dih-klar-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /dɪˈklær əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/.

Origin of declarative

1530–40; < Latin dēclārātīvus explanatory, equivalent to dēclārāt(us) (see declaration) + -īvus -ive

Related forms

de·clar·a·tive·ly, adverbnon·de·clar·a·tive, adjectivenon·de·clar·a·tive·ly, adverbnon·de·clar·a·to·ry, adjective

un·de·clar·a·tive, adjective

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Examples from the Web for declaratory

We have come here to give the slave States a declaratory exposition of our views.
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention|Lucius Eugene Chittenden
We are now asked to give a declaratory provision on that subject—to give it in order to quiet the slave States.
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention|Lucius Eugene Chittenden
Very soon men will begin to look closely to the act that was tacked to it—the declaratory act.
A short history of Rhode Island|George Washington Greene
Would is sometimes employed in a declaratory sense to express a present volition, and then belongs to the indicative.
Dissertation on the English Language|Noah Webster, Jr.

The original form of absolution was “precatory rather than declaratory” (Plummer).
Studies in the Epistle of James|A. T. Robertson

British Dictionary definitions for declaratory

declaratory

adjective

another word for declarative

law

(of a statute) stating the existing law on a particular subject; explanatory
(of a decree or judgment) stating the rights of the parties without specifying the action to be taken

Derived Formsdeclaratorily, adverb

declarative

adjective

making or having the nature of a declaration

Derived Formsdeclaratively, adverb

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Word Origin and History for declaratory

declaratory

adj.

mid-15c., from Medieval Latin declaratorius, from Latin declarator, from declarare (see declare).

declarative

adj.

mid-15c., from French déclaratif and directly from Late Latin declarativus, from past participle stem of Latin declarare (see declare).

declarative

adjective

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