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Definition of Declare oneself
1. Verb. Ask (someone) to marry you. "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Declare Oneself
Literary usage of Declare oneself
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grammar of the Spanish Language: With Practical Exercises by Auguste-Louis Josse (1847)
"... to another to agree (one thing) with another to speak (well) of any one to
declare oneself to any body to declare oneself for a party to incline towards ..."
2. Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle (1867)
"m to declare oneself a Christian. We must expect tho truth to work in accordance
with certain well-defined laws, subject to certain known conditions. ..."
3. A German and English Dictionary by Karl. Breul (1906)
"I. r. to explain oneself ; to declare oneself for (a /tarty) ; to make an offer
of marriage, to propose; ..."
4. Studies in Modern German Literature: Sundermann; Hauptmann; Women Writers of by Otto Heller (1905)
"This is to be lamented, even though the assertion of a living French critic, that
to declare oneself unable to read German is to confess oneself at least ..."
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