Part 470

<hw>An*nun"ci*ate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>p. p. & a.</tt> <def>Foretold; preannounced.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Annunciation</h1> <Xpage=60>

<hw>An*nun`ci*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>annuntiatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>annonciation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; <as>as, the <ex>annunciation</ex> of peace</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Annunciative</h1> <Xpage=60>

<hw>An*nun"ci*a*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to annunciation; announcing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Annunciator</h1> <Xpage=60>

<hw>An*nun"ci*a`tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>annuntiator</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An indicator (as in a hotel) which designates the room where attendance is wanted.</def>

<h1>Annunciatory</h1> <Xpage=60>

<hw>An*nun"ci*a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or containing, announcement; making known.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Anoa</h1> <Xpage=60>

<hw>A*noa"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small wild ox of Celebes <spn>(Anoa depressicornis)</spn>, allied to the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns.</def>

<h1>Anode</h1> <Xpage=60>

<hw>An"ode</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ up + <?/ way.]</ety> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>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 <i>cathode</i>.</def>

<h1>Anodon</h1> <Xpage=60>

<hw>An"o*don</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ toothless; <?/ priv. + <?/, <?/, a tooth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having to teeth at the hinge.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Anodonta</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Anodyne</h1> <Xpage=60>

<hw>An"o*dyne</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>anodynus</ets>, Gr. <?/ free from pain, stilling pain; <?/ priv. + <?/ pain: cf. F. <ets>anodin</ets>.]</ety> <def>Serving to assuage pain; soothing.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>anodyne</b> draught of oblivion. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; "The word [in a medical sense] in chiefly applied to the different preparations of opium, belladonna, hyoscyamus, and lettuce."</note>

<i>Am. Cyc.</i>

<h1>Anodyne</h1> <Xpage=60>

<hw>An"o*dyne</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>anodynon</ets>. See <er>Anodyne</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings.</def>

<h1>Anodynous</h1> <Xpage=60>

<hw>An"o*dy`nous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Anodyne.</def>