annite (an it)

[ anniversary (an-i-ver'sa-ri), a. and n. [L. an niversarius, returning yearly, The heaven whirled about with admirable celerity, most constantly finishing its anniversary vici itudes. Ray , Anniversary day. (a) In the Rom. Cath. Ch., a day on which an office is yearly performed for the soul of a deceased person, or on which the martyrdom of a saint is 224 Or life or death. annoy Who model nations, publish laws, announce Prior , Hymn of Call i mach us. = Syn. 1. Declare , Announce , Proclaim , Publish , Promul . is to make clear, so that be no mis nuisance; prob. confused with ME. anoien , an- noy: see nuisance .] In law , a nuisance; any injury done to a place by encroachment, or by putting anything thereon that may breed in- To declares te keer atheredvillise report fection. an nominate (a-nom'i-nat), v. t . [Another form of agnominate, q. v.] To name; especially, give a punning or alliterative name to. [Rare.] How then shall these chapters be an nominated ? Southey , Doctor, viii. § 1. IMG:content-0787.png:[blocks in formation] Gerald us Cam brens is speaks of an nomination , which he describes to be what we call alliteration, as the favourite rhetorical figure both of the Welsh and English in his time. Tyrwhitt , Chaucer, iii. § 1, note. An nomination plays an important rôle in their sentence-relation (parasynthetic compounds], especially in the first stage of transfer to a simple active signification. Amer. Jour. of Philol., II. 198. anno mundi (an'ō mun'dī). [L.: anno, abl. of ann us, year (see annals ); mundi, gen. of mun dus, world: see mundane.] In the year of the world: used in dating events when reckoned from the estimated era of the creation, as narrated in Genesis i. Usually abbreviated A. M.: as, the Noachian deluge is said to have occurred A. M. (or A. м.) 1656 (Archbishop Usher's chronology). annotate (an'ō-tāt), v.; pret. and pp. anno tated, ppr. annotating. [L. an not at us, pp. of conferred since the disuse of the acts. See act, n., 5. II. n.; pl. anniversaries (-riz). [ anniversarium , neut. n., also an niversaria , fem. n., prop. adj., ann i ver sari us : see the adj.] 1. The annually recurring date of some past event; more generally, a day set apart in each year for some commemorative observance; a day for the annual celebration of some notable event, public or private. The primitive Christians met at the place of their [the early martyrs'] martyrdom, to observe the anniver sary of their sufferings. .. Stilling fleet. 2. In the Rom. Cath. Ch., the yearly commemoration of the day of a person's death, by a ma offered for his soul, or such commemoration of his death daily for a year. Anniversary is an office in the Romish Church, cele brated not only once a year, but which ought to be said daily through the year for the soul of the deceased. Ayliffe , Parergon. 3. The act of celebrating a day on its annual recurrence; a yearly commemoration, or (rarely) something done or prepared for such commemoration. Donne had never seen Mrs. Drury, whom he has made immortal in his admirable anniversaries. Dryden,