declarative
[dih-klar-uh-tiv]
- 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
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Historical Examples
The declaratory act was passed to save the dignity of parliament.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.William Hunt
One native dissented from the report, and favored a declaratory law.
Greater BritainCharles Wentworth Dilke
On the contrary, it accompanied the repeal with a Declaratory Act.
History of the United StatesCharles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard
It is declaratory and follows the form of a poem, not an argument.
Children of the Market PlaceEdgar Lee Masters
In the declaratory, religious form, the New Testament is a sufficient example of this doctrine.
The Church of St. BuncoGordon Clark
declaratory
- 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
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declarative
- making or having the nature of a declaration
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Word Origin and History for declaratory
adj.
mid-15c., from Medieval Latin declaratorius, from Latin declarator, from declarare (see declare).
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declarative
adj.
mid-15c., from French déclaratif and directly from Late Latin declarativus, from past participle stem of Latin declarare (see declare).
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