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▪ I. † aˈnnunciate, ppl. a. Obs.
Also 4–5 anunciat.
[ad. L. annunciāt-us, erroneous med. spelling of annuntiātus, pa. pple. of annuntiāre: see announce.]
Announced, declared, proclaimed (especially beforehand).
c1386Chaucer Monk's T. 25 Sampson, whiche that was annunciate [v.r. an(n)unciat] By thangel, long er his nativité. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 91/2 Her byrthe [was] anunciat and shewd by thaungel. 1509Hawes Past. Pleas. viii. vi, By estimacion is made annunciate Whether the mater be long or brevyate.
▪ II. annunciate, -tiate, v.|əˈnʌnʃɪeɪt|
[f. prec., or on analogy of vbs. so formed.]
1. To make known officially or publicly; to intimate, proclaim, declare. = announce 1.
a1536Tindale Supper of Lord Wks. III. 255 ‘Preach the death of the Lord,’ for so much signifieth annunciate in this place, until he come. 1659Hammond On Ps. xcviii. 2 By God appointed to be annuntiated and proclaimed. 1705G. Bull Corrupt Ch. Rome (T.) Let my death be thus annunciated and shown forth. 1851Mrs. Browning Casa Guidi W. 123 The cause Which at God's signal, war-trumps newly blown Shall yet annuntiate to the world's applause.
2. To proclaim or intimate as coming, ready, etc.
1652Sparke Prim. Devot. (1663) 445 What here the angel annunciateth, Isaiah long before prophesied. 1659Pearson Creed 498 They who did annunciate unto the blessed Virgin the conception of the Saviour. 1883J. Munro in Gd. Words May 315 The use of electricity for annunciating. |