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DECLARE ONESELF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does declare oneself mean? 

DECLARE ONESELF (verb)
  The verb DECLARE ONESELF has 1 sense:

1. ask (someone) to marry youplay

  Familiarity information: DECLARE ONESELF used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DECLARE ONESELF (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Ask (someone) to marry you

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

declare oneself; offer; pop the question; propose

Context example:

The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman

Hypernyms (to "declare oneself" is one way to...):

request (ask (a person) to do something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s to somebody


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