Declare and Intend

Declare

Declare verb - To make known openly or publicly.

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Intend and declare are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intend" instead a verb "Declare".

Intend verb - To communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind.

Usage example: lawyers for both sides argued for days about what was intended by a particular phrase in the law

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Declare and intend are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Declare" instead a verb "Intend".

While training there, Ivypool learns that the Dark Forest members intend to declare war on StarClan.

Source: Literature / Warrior Cats: Omen of the Stars
Urd: Goddesses are required to attend a sex education course when they declare they intend to have a relationship with a mortal.

Source: Fantastic Arousal
The ultimate meaning seems to be In reference to the repeated line from Job, where God asks him to "declare, if you have understanding"; in that Hale's handlers intend to answer by having him kill God, or at least the supernatural being they believe to be the source of the biblical God.

Source: Literature / Declare

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