Part 467

<blockquote>Oaths . . . in some sense almost <b>annuals</b>; . . . and I myself can remember about forty different sets. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.</def>

<h1>Annualist</h1> <Xpage=60>

<hw>An"nu*al*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who writes for, or who edits, an annual.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Annually</h1> <Xpage=60>

<hw>An"nu*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Yearly; year by year.</def>

<h1>Annuary</h1> <Xpage=60>

<hw>An"nu*a*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>annuaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Annual.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> A yearbook.</def></def2>

<h1>Annueler</h1> <Xpage=60>

<hw>An"nu*el*er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A priest employed in saying <asp>annuals</asp>, or anniversary Masses.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Annuent</h1> <Xpage=60>

<hw>An"nu*ent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>annuens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>annuere</ets>; <ets>ad + nuere</ets> to nod.]</ety> <def>Nodding; <as>as, <ex>annuent</ex> muscles (used in nodding)</as>.</def>

<h1>Annuitant</h1> <Xpage=60>

<hw>An*nu"i*tant</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Annuity</er>.]</ety> <def>One who receives, or its entitled to receive, an annuity.</def>

<i>Lamb.</i>

<h1>Annuity</h1> <Xpage=60>

<hw>An*nu"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Annuities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[LL. <ets>annuitas</ets>, fr. L. <ets>annus</ets> year: cf. F. <ets>annuit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance.</def>

<h1>Annul</h1> <Xpage=60>

<hw>An*nul"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Annulled</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Annulling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>annuler</ets>, LL. <ets>annullare</ets>, <ets>annulare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>ad</ets> to + <ets>nullus</ets> none, <ets>nullum</ets>, neut., nothing. See <er>Null</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.</def>

<blockquote>Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinct. And all her various objects of delight <b>Annulled</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Do they mean to <b>annul</b> laws of inestimable value to our liberties? <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To abolish; abrogate; repeal; cancel; reverse; rescind; revoke; nullify; destroy. See <er>Abolish</er>.</syn>

<h1>Annular</h1> <Xpage=60>

<hw>An"nu*lar</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>annularis</ets>, fr. <ets>annulis</ets> ring: cf. F. <ets>annulaire</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; <as>as, <ex>annular</ex> fibers</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Banded or marked with circles.</def>

<cs><col>Annular eclipse</col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>