+ annunciate, tannuntiate (ti as shi)

t. [In Sp. anunciar. From Lat. annuntio, an nuncio: ad to, and nuntio = to announce nounce; nuntius a me enger.] 1. Gen. To announce; to proclaim tidings of an important character. "Let my death be thus annunciated and shewn forth till I come to judgement."- Bp . Bull : Corrupt. of the Church of Rome. 2. Spec. To announce, as the angel did to the Virgin Mary that she was about to become the mother of the long-promised Me iah. "There should he see his ble ed Saviour's conception annuntiated by the angel, March 25."-Bp. Hall ; Rem ., p. 33. they who did annunciate unto the ble ed Virgin the conception of the Saviour of the world -Pearson on the Creed, Art. 9.