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‖n. [ Sp. alcana, alhe&unr_;a, fr. Ar. al-hinnā. See Henna, and cf. Alkanet. ] (Bot.) An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The language of the Alemanni. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Swabian dialect . . . is known as the Alemannic. Amer. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Alemannic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hindi ānā. ] An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2&unr_; cents. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Annals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. annaliste. ] A writer of annals. [ 1913 Webster ]

The monks . . . were the only annalists in those ages. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or after the manner of, an annalist; as, the dry annalistic style.“A stiff annalistic method.” Sir G. C. Lewis. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To record in annals. Sheldon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ L. annalis (sc. liber), and more frequently in the pl. annales (sc. libri), chronicles, fr. annus year. Cf. Annual. ] 1. A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened. “Annals the revolution.” Macaulay. “The annals of our religion.” Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Historical records; chronicles; history. [ 1913 Webster ]

The short and simple annals of the poor. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was one of the most critical periods in our annals. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. sing. The record of a single event or item. “In deathless annal.” Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as “Annals of Science.” [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- History. See History. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ proper name ] 1. (Hinduism) wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: goddess of plenty.
Syn. -- Parvati, Anapurna [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 a mountain in Nepal, 26, 504 feet high.
Syn. -- Anapurna [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ LL. annata income of a year, also, of half a year, fr. L. annus year: cf. F. annate annats. ] (Scots Law) A half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. pl. [ See Ann. ] (Eccl. Law) The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Annealed p. pr. & vb. n. Annealing. ] [ OE. anelen to heat, burn, AS. an&unr_;lan; an on + &unr_;lan to burn; also OE. anelen to enamel, prob. influenced by OF. neeler, nieler, to put a black enamel on gold or silver, F. nieller, fr. LL. nigellare to blacken, fr. L. nigellus blackish, dim. of niger black. Cf. Niello, Negro. ] 1. To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, anneals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. annectere to tie or bind to. See Annex. ] Connecting; annexing. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Annelid. ] (Zool.) A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Chætopoda, including the Oligochæta or earthworms and Polychæta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chætopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ F. annélide, fr. anneler to arrange in rings, OF. anel a ring, fr. L. anellus a ring, dim. of annulus a ring. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Annelida. -- n. One of the Annelida. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of the nature of an annelid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) See Annelida. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. annelé ringed + -oid. ] (Zool.) An animal resembling an annelid. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Annexed p. pr. & vb. n. Annexing. ] [ F. annexer, fr. L. annexus, p. p. of annectere to tie or bind to; ad + nectere to tie, to fasten together, akin to Skr. nah to bind. ] 1. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to. “He annexed a codicil to a will.” Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater. [ 1913 Webster ]

He annexed a province to his kingdom. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To add; append; affix; unite; coalesce. See Add. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To join; to be united. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. annexe, L. annexus, neut. annexum, p. p. of annectere. ] Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. annexation. See Annex, v. t. ] 1. The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (a) (Law) The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who favors annexation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who annexes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. annexio a tying to, connection: cf. F. annexion. ] Annexation. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An annexationist. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of annexing, or the thing annexed; appendage. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ ‖ n. [ Tamil anai kattu dam building. ] A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation. [ India ] Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being annihilated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Annihilated. [ Archaic ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Annihilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annihilating. ] [ L. annihilare; ad + nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread, nothing at all. Cf. File, a row. ] 1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be. [ 1913 Webster ]

It impossible for any body to be utterly annihilated. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. “To annihilate the army.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 destroyed completely.
Syn. -- exterminated, wiped out(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. criticising vehemently and effectively; making light of; as, afire with annihilating invective.
Syn. -- devastating, withering. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. annihilation. ] 1. The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being annihilated. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Theol.) One who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to annihilate; destructive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Annihilative. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Annually. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anniversarius; annus year + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. anniversaire. ] Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anniversary day (R. C. Ch.). See Anniversary, n., 2. --
Anniversary week, that week in the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and New York. [ Eastern U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Anniversaries [ Cf. F. anniversaire. ] 1. The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (R. C. Ch.) The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. anni versus the turning of a year. ] Anniversary. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ad to + nodus a knot. ] (Her.) Curved somewhat in the form of the letter S. Cussans. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., in the year of [ our ] Lord [ Jesus Christ ]; usually abbrev. a. d. ] In the year of the Christian era; as, a. d. 1887. [ 1913 Webster ]