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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Annulled p. pr. & vb. n. Annulling. ] [ F. annuler, LL. annullare, annulare, fr. L. ad to + nullus none, nullum, neut., nothing. See Null, a. ] 1. To reduce to nothing; to obliterate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinct.
And all her various objects of delight
Annulled. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

Do they mean to annul laws of inestimable value to our liberties? Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To abolish; abrogate; repeal; cancel; reverse; rescind; revoke; nullify; destroy. See Abolish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. annularis, fr. annulis ring: cf. F. annulaire. ] 1. Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Banded or marked with circles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Annular eclipse (Astron.), an eclipse of the sun in which the moon at the middle of the eclipse conceals the central part of the sun's disk, leaving a complete ring of light around the border. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Annular condition or form; as, the annularity of a nebula. J. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an annular manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. annularis. See Annular. ] Having the form of a ring; annular. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ Neut. pl., fr. L. annulatus ringed. ] (Zool.) A class of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to Annelida, including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma, leeches, etc. See Annelida. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Annulata. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. [ L. annulatus. ] 1. Furnished with, or composed of, rings; ringed; surrounded by rings of color. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Annulata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A circular or ringlike formation; a ring or belt. Nicholson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of annulus. ] 1. A little ring. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated, under the Doric capital. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Her.) A little circle borne as a charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) A narrow circle of some distinct color on a surface or round an organ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be Annulled. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who annuls. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. annulement. ] The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Annuloida. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. annulus ring + -oid. ] (Zool.) A division of the Articulata, including the annelids and allied groups; sometimes made to include also the helminths and echinoderms. [ Written also Annuloidea. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A division of the Invertebrata, nearly equivalent to the Articulata. It includes the Arthoropoda and Anarthropoda. By some Zoologists it is applied to the former only. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Annulosa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. annulus ring. ] 1. Furnished with, or composed of, rings or ringlike segments; ringed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Annulosa. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Annuli [ L. ] 1. A ring; a ringlike part or space. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geom.) (a) A space contained between the circumferences of two circles, one within the other. (b) The solid formed by a circle revolving around a line which is the plane of the circle but does not cut it. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Ring-shaped structures or markings, found in, or upon, various animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of antenna. ] (Zool.) A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennæ or feelers of Crustacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. antepaenultima (sc. syllaba) antepenultimate; ante before + paenultimus the last but one; paene almost + ultimus last. ] (Pros.) The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in monosyllable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two. -- n. The antepenult. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arenula fine sand, dim. of arena. ] Full of fine sand; like sand. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to the brain; cerebral. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ LL. campanula a little bell; dim. of campana bell. ] (Bot.) A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of flowering plants, which in some classifications includes the Lobeliaciae.
Syn. -- family Campanulaceae, bellflower family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Bot.) Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants (Campanulaceæ) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes the Canterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus's looking-glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an order of plants which includes the Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Stylidiaceae; Calyceraceae; and Compositae.
Syn. -- order Campanulales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. shaped like a bell or campana; campaniform.
Syn. -- campanulate, campanulated, campaniform, campaniliform. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. campanula a bell. ] (Zool.) A hydroid of the family Campanularidæ, characterized by having the polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles or hydrothecæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Bell-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cannula a small tube of dim. of canna a reed, tube. ] (Surg.) A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is usually associated with a trocar. [ Written also canula. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the form of a tube; tubular. [ Written also canular. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle. [ Written also canulated. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., a., } a. See Cannula, Cannular, and Cannulated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. catenuia, dim. of catena chain. ] 1. Consisting of little links or chains. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Chainlike; -- said both or color marks and of indentations when arranged like the links of a chain, as on shells, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cavernula, dim. of caverna cavern. ] Full of little cavities; as, cavernulous metal. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. coronula, dim. of corona crown. ] (Bot.) A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. See Pappus. Martyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Dim. of crenate. ] (Bot.) Minutely crenate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A minute crenation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being minutely scalloped. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To annul completely; to render void or of no effect. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? Isaiah xiv. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The prefix in this word an its derivatives is intensive, and not negative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disannuls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Complete annulment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Set with small spines or prickles.
Syn. -- echinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. e- + granule. ] (Bot.) Having no granules, as chlorophyll in certain conditions. R. Brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'eryqro`s red + E. granulose. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A term applied by Brücke to a substance present in small amount in starch granules, colored red by iodine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ex- + annulate. ] (Bot.) Having the sporangium destitute of a ring; -- said of certain genera of ferns. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Frænula [ NL., dim. of L. fraenum a bridle. ] (Anat.) A frænum.