declare oneself

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declare oneself - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  declare oneself
      v 1: ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on
           Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had
           known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally
           declared himself to the young woman" [syn: propose,
           declare oneself, offer, pop the question]