An*nun"ci*ate (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annunciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annunciating.] [L. annuntiare. See Announce.] To announce.
An*nun"ci*ate (&?;), p. p. & a. Foretold; preannounced. [Obs.] Chaucer.
An*nun`ci*a"tion (?; 277), n. [L. annuntiatio: cf. F. annonciation.] 1. The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.
2. (Eccl.) (a) The announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary. (b) The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady Day.
An*nun"ci*a*tive (&?;), a. Pertaining to annunciation; announcing. [R.] Dr. H. More.
An*nun"ci*a`tor (&?;), n. [L. annuntiator.] 1. One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.
2. An indicator (as in a hotel) which designates the room where attendance is wanted.
An*nun"ci*a*to*ry (&?;), a. Pertaining to, or containing, announcement; making known. [R.]
||A*noa" (&?;), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A small wild ox of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns.
An"ode (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; up + &?; way.] (Elec.) The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; -- opposed to cathode.
||An"o*don (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; toothless; 'an priv. + &?;, &?;, a tooth.] (Zoöl.) A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having no teeth at the hinge. [Written also Anodonta.]
An"o*dyne (n"*dn), a. [L. anodynus, Gr. &?; free from pain, stilling pain; 'an priv. + &?; pain: cf. F. anodin.] Serving to assuage pain; soothing.
The anodyne draught of oblivion.
Burke.
"The word [in a medical sense] in chiefly applied to the different preparations of opium, belladonna, hyoscyamus, and lettuce." Am. Cyc.
An"o*dyne, n. [L. anodynon. See Anodyne, a.] Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings.
An"o*dy`nous (&?;), a. Anodyne.
A*noil" (&?;), v. t. [OF. enoilier.] To anoint with oil. [Obs.] Holinshed.
A*noint" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Anointing.] [OF. enoint, p. p. of enoindre, fr. L. inungere; in + ungere, unguere, to smear, anoint. See Ointment, Unguent.] 1. To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint.
Dryden.
He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay.
John ix. 6.
2. To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his [Aaron's] head and anoint him.
Exod. xxix. 7.
Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
1 Kings xix. 15.
The Lord's Anointed, Christ or the Messiah; also, a Jewish or other king by "divine right." 1 Sam. xxvi. 9.
A*noint", p. p. Anointed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
A*noint"er (&?;), n. One who anoints.
A*noint"ment (&?;), n. The act of anointing, or state of being anointed; also, an ointment. Milton.
||A*no"lis (&?;), n. [In the Antilles, anoli, anoalli, a lizard.] (Zoöl.) A genus of lizards which belong to the family Iguanidæ. They take the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and in America are often called chameleons.