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An*ni`hi*la"tion (&?;), 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.

2. The state of being annihilated. Hooker.

An*ni`hi*la"tion*ist, n. (Theol.) One who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist.

An*ni"hi*la*tive (&?;), a. Serving to annihilate; destructive.

An*ni"hi*la`tor (&?;), n. One who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator.

An*ni"hi*la*to*ry (&?;), a. Annihilative.

An`ni*ver"sa*ri*ly (&?;), adv. Annually. [R.] Bp. Hall.

An`ni*ver"sa*ry (&?;), 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.

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.]

An`ni*ver"sa*ry, 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.

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.

3. The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day. Dryden.

An"ni*verse (&?;), n. [L. anni versus the turning of a year.] Anniversary. [Obs.] Dryden.

An"no*da`ted (&?;), a. [L. ad to + nodus a knot.] (Her.) Curved somewhat in the form of the letter S. Cussans.

||An"no Dom"i*ni (&?;). [L., in the year of Lord [Jesus Christ]; usually abbrev. a. d.] In the year of the Christian era; as, a. d. 1887.

An*nom"i*nate (&?;), v. t. To name. [R.]

An*nom`i*na"tion (&?;), n. [L. annominatio. See Agnomination.] 1. Paronomasia; punning.

2. Alliteration. [Obs.] Tyrwhitt.

An"no*tate (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annotated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annotating.] [L. annotatus; p. p. of annotare to annotate; ad + notare to mark, nota mark. See Note, n.] To explain or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works of Bacon.

An"no*tate, v. i. To make notes or comments; -- with on or upon.

An`no*ta"tion (&?;), n. [L. annotatio: cf. F. annotation.] A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; -- usually in the plural; as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or a passage.

An`no*ta"tion*ist, n. An annotator. [R.]

An"no*ta*tive (&?;), a. Characterized by annotations; of the nature of annotation.

An"no*ta`tor (&?;), n. [L.] A writer of annotations; a commentator.

An*no"ta*to*ry (&?;), a. Pertaining to an annotator; containing annotations. [R.]

An"no*tine (&?;), n. [L. annotinus a year old.] (Zoöl.) A bird one year old, or that has once molted.

An*not"i*nous (&?;), a. [L. annotinus, fr. annus year.] (Bot.) A year old; in Yearly growths.

An*not"to (&?;), Ar*not"to (&?;), n. [Perh. the native name.] A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree (Bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc. [Written also Anatto, Anatta, Annatto, Annotta, etc.]