v.
1.state emphatically and authoritatively
2.announce publicly or officially
3.state firmly
4.declare to be
5.authorize payments of
6.designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
7.make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official
8.proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against
Idiom of the Day
low man on the totem pole
the least important person
I am the low man on the totem pole in our company and I have no power.