Definition of Annunciate

1. Verb. Foreshadow or presage.

Exact synonyms: Announce, Foretell, Harbinger, Herald
Generic synonyms: Tell
Derivative terms: Annunciator, Harbinger, Herald

Definition of Annunciate

1. v. t. To announce.

2. p. p. & a. Foretold; preannounced.

Definition of Annunciate

1. Verb. to inform that some future event will happen ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Annunciate

1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Annunciate

annulus iridis
annulus iridis major
annulus iridis minor
annulus lymphaticus cardiae
annulus ovalis
annulus tendineus communis
annulus tympanicus
annuluses
annum
annumeration
annunciable
annunciate (current term)
annunciated
annunciates
annunciating
annunciation
annunciations
annunciative
annunciator
annunciators
annunciatory
annus horribilis
annus mirabilis
anny
ano
anoa

Literary usage of Annunciate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Picture Collector's Manual: Adapted to the Professional Man, and the by James R. Hobbes (1849)
"... attention and success, and at sixteen years of age, he painted his picture of the Baptism of Christ by St. John, in the church of the St. annunciate at ..."

2. A History of Painting in Italy, Umbria, Florence and Siena, from the Second by Joseph Archer Crowe, Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle (1914)
"On the face above the semi-dome the Eternal on clouds sends the dove to the Virgin annunciate on the right, the angel kneeling to the left, the latter also ..."

3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Der. announce-ment ; and, directly from the Latin, annunciate, ... ANNUNCIATION, annunciate ; see Announce. ANODYNE, a drug to allay pain. ..."

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