Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Declarative \De*clar"a*tive\, a. [L. declarativus, fr.
declarare: cf. F. d['e]claratif.]
Making declaration, proclamation, or publication;
explanatory; assertive; declaratory. ``Declarative laws.''
--Baker.
The ``vox populi,'' so declarative on the same side.
--Swift.
Source : WordNet®
declarative
adj 1: relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
[syn: {declaratory}, {asserting(a)}] [ant: {interrogative},
{interrogative}]
2: relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple
declarative statements; "indicative mood" [syn: {indicative}]
declarative
n : a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or
state as an objective fact [syn: {indicative mood}, {indicative},
{declarative mood}, {common mood}, {fact mood}]