Part 463

<h1>Annihilate</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An*ni"hi*late</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Annihilated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Annihilating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>annihilare</ets>; <ets>ad + nihilum</ets>, <ets>nihil</ets>, nothing, <ets>ne hilum</ets> (<ets>filum</ets>) not a thread, nothing at all. Cf. <er>File</er>, a row.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.</def>

<blockquote>It impossible for any body to be utterly <b>annihilated</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; <as>as, to <ex>annihilate</ex> a forest by cutting down the trees</as>.</def> "To <i>annihilate</i> the army."

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; <as>as, to <ex>annihilate</ex> an argument, law, rights, goodness</as>.</def>

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<hw>An*ni"hi*late</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Anhilated.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Swift.</i>

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<hw>An*ni`hi*la"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>annihilation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, the <ex>annihilation</ex> of a corporation</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being annihilated.</def>

<i>Hooker.</i>

<h1>Annihilationist</h1> <Xpage=59>

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

<h1>Annihilative</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An*ni"hi*la*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Serving to annihilate; destructive.</def>

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<hw>An*ni"hi*la`tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, annihilates; <as>as, a fire <ex>annihilator</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Annihilatory</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An*ni"hi*la*to*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Annihilative.</def>

<h1>Anniversarily</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An`ni*ver"sa*ri*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Annually.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

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<hw>An`ni*ver"sa*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>anniversarius</ets>; <ets>annus</ets> year + <ets>vertere</ets>, <ets>versum</ets>, to turn: cf. F. <ets>anniversaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; <as>as, an <ex>anniversary</ex> feast</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Anniversary day</col> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld>. <cd>See <er>Anniversary</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 2.</cd> -- <col>Anniversary week</col>, <cd>that week in the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and New York. <mark>[Eastern U. S.]</mark></cd></cs>

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