单词 | annunciate |
释义 | annunciateadj.ΚΠ c1405 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Hengwrt) (1872) l. 3205 Lo Sampson, which that was anunciat [c1405 Ellesmere Annunciat, c1415 Lansd. annunciate] By the Aungel longe er his natiuitee. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. lxxxxj/2 Her byrthe [was] anunciat and shewd by thaungel. 1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) viii. 35 By estymacyon is made annuncyate Whether the mater be longe or breuyate. 1602 J. Colville Parænese 155 Thair fayth vas annunciat or prechit throuchout the hoill vorld. 2. Designating the Virgin Mary in the act of receiving, or after she has received, the announcement from the Archangel Gabriel that she would, by divine conception, become pregnant with and give birth to Jesus Christ (see annunciation n. 1b). Frequently as a postmodifier.Chiefly in the context of art history and iconography. ΚΠ 1853 J. Ruskin tr. ‘F. Corner’ in Stones of Venice II. i. ii. §4. 58 To God the Lord, the glorious Virgin Annunciate [It. Vergine Annunziata], and the Protector St. Mark. 1854 J. Ruskin Giotto & his Wks. in Padua 8 A chapel dedicated to the Annunciate Virgin. 1919 Art in Amer. Aug. 197 The resemblance..between the lifted right hand of the Annunciate Virgin and of St. Francis in the Johnson shutters, and the right hand of the St. Paul in the left leaf of our picture. 1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Mar. 332/2 The Virgin Annunciate who acknowledges us as if we were the Angel. 1997 P. A. Emison Low & High Style in Ital. Renaissance Art 119 This female figure..combines the presence of a Fortitude or Justice with the youth of the Annunciate Mary. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). annunciatev. 1. transitive. To make a formal announcement about (something); esp. to announce (a coming event or imminent arrival). Usually in religious language, esp. with reference or allusion to the Annunciation (annunciation n. 1b). Now archaic. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > announce or proclaim [verb (transitive)] kithec725 i-bedea800 abedeeOE bid971 deemOE bodea1000 tellOE clepec1275 to tell outa1382 denouncec1384 publishc1384 descryc1390 pronouncec1390 proclaima1393 sound1412 proclaim?a1425 renouncea1425 announcec1429 preconize?1440 announce1483 reclaim?1503 call1523 to speak forth1526 annunciate1533 protest1533 to breathe out1535 denouncec1540 enact1611 deblazon1621 deblaze1640 advise1647 apostolize1652 indigitatea1670 enounce1807 voice1850 norate1851 enunciate1864 post1961 society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > announce or proclaim [verb (transitive)] > before hand heraldc1384 annunciate1533 harbingera1657 announce1749 fore-announce1847 harbinge1868 1533 W. Tyndale Souper of Lorde f. 23v Preche the dethe of the lorde, for somyche sygnifieth annunciate in this place. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1310/2 The Angel was sent to grete our lady, & to annunciate & shew ye good will of God towardes her, & therfore it is called, ye annunciation of our lady. 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed 498 They who did annunciate unto the blessed Virgin the conception of the Saviour. 1705 G. Bull Corruptions Church of Rome in G. Hickes Several Lett. 249 Let my Death be thus annunciated and shewn forth. 1821 Recreative Rev. 1 384 At his birth, meteors and earthquakes annunciated the event. 1843 Metrop. Mag. 36 432 The harbinger of some dowager fashionable's shoulder-knot, annunciating some bundle of satin, velvet, furs, and blonde. 1963 D. Hoffman City of Satisfactions 3 Let time of icecaps..Annunciate the coming of their host In a risen guise again of the green gospel At the sun's sowing. 2011 J. Alcala Goodbye Death, Goodbye xi. 188 As if a bell's sound that awakens and annunciates the coming of the Lord. 2. transitive. To express (something) in clear or definite terms; to say or pronounce (something) clearly; to enunciate. ΚΠ 1763 E. Stone in tr. Euclid Elements (ed. 2) 441 The proposition is thus annunciated by Dr. Robert Sympson. 1845 London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 3rd Ser. 27 569 We now see, on distinctly annunciating the question, that, in the vast difference between the maximum value of t and the temperature of the dish will be found a clue to the true explanation. 1987 C. G. Heilbrun in C. Farnham Impact of Feminist Res. in Acad. 217 Let me begin with a confession, since it is the quickest way to annunciate a problem alive to most of us who teach English. 2016 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 27 Aug. 10 He takes his time to carefully annunciate the figures, addressing our Portuguese translator directly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < adj.c1405v.1533 |
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