English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Annihilate
(a.)
Annihilated.
Annihilated
(imp. & p. p.)
of Annihilate
Annihilating
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Annihilate
Annihilation
(n.)
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.
Annihilation
(n.)
The state of being annihilated.
Annihilationist
(n.)
One who believes that eternal punishment consists
in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist.
Annihilative
(a.)
Serving to annihilate; destructive.
Annihilator
(n.)
One who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire
annihilator.
Annihilatory
(a.)
Annihilative.
Anniversaries
(pl. )
of Anniversary
Anniversarily
(adv.)
Annually.
Anniversary
(n.)
The celebration which takes place on an anniversary
day.
Anniversary
(n.)
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.
Anniversary
(a.)
Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual;
yearly; as, an anniversary feast.
Anniversary
(n.)
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.
Anniverse
(n.)
Anniversary.
In the year of the Christian era; as, a. d. 1887.
Annodated
(a.)
Curved somewhat in the form of the letter S.
Annominate
(v. t.)
To name.
Annomination
(n.)
Paronomasia; punning.