Anniversary An`ni·ver"sa·ry adjective [ Latin anniversarius ; annus year + vertere , versum , to turn: confer French anniversaire .] Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast.

Anniversary day (R. C. Ch.) . See Anniversary , noun , 2. -- Anniversary week , that week in the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and New York. [ Eastern U. S.]

Anniversary An`ni·ver"sa·ry noun ; plural Anniversaries [ Confer French anniversaire .] 1. The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

2. (R. C. Ch.) The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope.

3. The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day. Dryden.

Anniverse An"ni·verse noun [ Latin anni versus the turning of a year.] Anniversary. [ Obsolete] Dryden.

Anno Domini An"no Dom"i·ni [ Latin , in the year of [ our] Lord [ Jesus Christ]; usually abbrev. a.d. ] In the year of the Christian era; as, a.d. 1887.

Annodated An"no·da`ted adjective [ Latin ad to + nodus a knot.] (Her.) Curved somewhat in the form of the letter S. Cussans.

Annominate An·nom"i·nate transitive verb To name. [ R.]

Annomination An·nom`i·na"tion noun [ Latin annominatio . See Agnomination .] 1. Paronomasia; punning.

2. Alliteration. [ Obsolete] Tyrwhitt.

Annotate An"no·tate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Annotated ; present participle & verbal noun Annotating .] [ Latin annotatus ; past participle of annotare to annotate; ad + notare to mark, nota mark. See Note , noun ] To explain or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works of Bacon.

Annotate An"no·tate intransitive verb To make notes or comments; -- with on or upon .

Annotation An`no·ta"tion noun [ Latin annotatio : confer French annotation .] A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; -- usually in the plural; as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or a passage.

Annotationist An`no·ta"tion·ist noun An annotator. [ R.]

Annotative An"no·ta·tive adjective Characterized by annotations; of the nature of annotation.

Annotator An"no·ta`tor noun [ Latin ] A writer of annotations; a commentator.

Annotatory An·no"ta·to·ry adjective Pertaining to an annotator; containing annotations. [ R.]

Annotine An"no·tine noun [ Latin annotinus a year old.] (Zoology) A bird one year old, or that has once molted.

Annotinous An·not"i·nous adjective [ Latin annotinus , from annus year.] (Botany) A year old; in Yearly growths.

Annotto, Arnotto An·not"to, Ar·not"to noun [ Perh. the native name.] A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree ( Bixa orellana ) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc. [ Written also Anatto , Anatta , Annatto , Annotta , etc.]

Announce An·nounce" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Announced ; present participle & verbal noun Announcing ] [ Old French anoncier , French annoncer , from Latin annuntiare ; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See Nuncio , and confer Annunciate .]

1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.

Her [ Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts.
Gilpin.

2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.

Publish laws, announce
Or life or death.
Prior.

Syn. -- To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate. -- To Publish , Announce , Proclaim , Promulgate . We publish what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as, to publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We announce what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as, to announce the speedy publication of a book; to announce the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We proclaim anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to proclaim the news of victory. We promulgate when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as, to promulgate the gospel.

Announcement An·nounce"ment noun The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.

Announcer An·noun"cer noun One who announces.

Annoy An·noy" (ăn*noi") transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Annoyed (ăn*noid"); present participle & verbal noun Annoying .] [ Middle English anoien , anuien , Old French anoier , anuier , French ennuyer , from Old French anoi , anui , enui , annoyance, vexation, French ennui . See Annoy , noun ] To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.

Say, what can more our tortured souls annoy
Than to behold, admire, and lose our joy?
Prior.

2. To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade.

Syn. -- To molest; vex; trouble; pester; embarrass; perplex; tease.

Annoy An·noy" noun [ Middle English anoi , anui , Old French anoi , anui , enui , from Latin in odio hatred (esse alicui in odio , Cic.). See Ennui , Odium , Noisome , Noy .] A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy .

Worse than Tantalus' is her annoy .
Shak.

Annoyance An·noy"ance noun [ Old French anoiance , anuiance .] 1. The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.

A deep clay, giving much annoyance to passengers.
Fuller.

For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies.
Wilkins.

2. That which annoys.

A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair,
Any annoyance in that precious sense.
Shak.

Annoyer An·noy"er noun One who, or that which, annoys.

Annoyful An·noy"ful adjective Annoying. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Annoying An·noy"ing adjective That annoys; molesting; vexatious. -- An*noy"ing*ly , adverb

Annoyous An·noy"ous adjective [ Old French enuius , anoios .] Troublesome; annoying. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Annual An"nu·al adjective [ Middle English annuel , French annuel , from Latin annualis , from annus year. Confer Annals .] 1. Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.

The annual overflowing of the river [ Nile].
Ray.

2. Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year; as, the annual motion of the earth.

A thousand pound a year, annual support.
Shak.

2. Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets. Bacon.

Annual An"nu·al noun 1. A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.

2. Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant.

Oaths . . . in some sense almost annuals ; . . . and I myself can remember about forty different sets.
Swift.

3. (R. C. Ch.) A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.

Annualist An"nu·al·ist noun One who writes for, or who edits, an annual. [ R.]

Annually An"nu·al·ly adverb Yearly; year by year.

Annuary An"nu·a·ry adjective [ Confer French annuaire .] Annual. [ Obsolete] -- noun A yearbook.

Annueler An"nu·el·er noun A priest employed in saying annuals , or anniversary Masses. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Annuent An"nu·ent adjective [ Latin annuens , present participle of annuere ; ad + nuere to nod.] Nodding; as, annuent muscles (used in nodding).

Annuitant An·nu"i·tant noun [ See Annuity .] One who receives, or its entitled to receive, an annuity. Lamb.

Annuity An·nu"i·ty noun ; plural Annuities [ Late Latin annuitas , from Latin annus year: confer French annuité .] A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance.

Annul An·nul" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Annulled ; present participle & verbal noun Annulling .] [ French annuler , Late Latin annullare , annulare , from Latin ad to + nullus none, nullum , neut., nothing. See Null , adjective ] 1. To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.

Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinct.
And all her various objects of delight
Annulled .
Milton.

2. To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority.

Do they mean to annul laws of inestimable value to our liberties?
Burke.

Syn. -- To abolish; abrogate; repeal; cancel; reverse; rescind; revoke; nullify; destroy. See Abolish .

Annular An"nu·lar adjective [ Latin annularis , from annulis ring: confer French annulaire .] 1. Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers.

2. Banded or marked with circles.

Annular eclipse (Astron.) , an eclipse of the sun in which the moon at the middle of the eclipse conceals the central part of the sun's disk, leaving a complete ring of light around the border.

Annularity An`nu·lar"i·ty noun Annular condition or form; as, the annularity of a nebula. J. Rogers.

Annularry An"nu·lar·ry adverb In an annular manner.

Annulary An"nu·la·ry adjective [ Latin annularis . See Annular .] Having the form of a ring; annular. Ray.

Annulata An`nu·la"ta noun plural [ Neut. plural, from Latin annulatus ringed.] (Zoology) A class of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to Annelida , including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma, leeches, etc. See Annelida .

Annulate An"nu·late noun (Zoology) One of the Annulata.

Annulate, Annulated An"nu·late, An"nu·la`ted adjective [ Latin annulatus .] 1. Furnished with, or composed of, rings; ringed; surrounded by rings of color.

2. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Annulata.

Annulation An`nu·la"tion noun A circular or ringlike formation; a ring or belt. Nicholson.

Annulet An"nu·let noun [ Dim. of annulus .] 1. A little ring. Tennyson.

2. (Architecture) A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated, under the Doric capital.

3. (Her.) A little circle borne as a charge.

4. (Zoology) A narrow circle of some distinct color on a surface or round an organ.

Annullable An·nul"la·ble adjective That may be Annulled.

Annuller An·nul"ler noun One who annuls. [ R.]

Annulment An·nul"ment noun [ Confer French annulement .] The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.

Annuloid An"nu·loid adjective (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Annuloida.

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