ANNOY
ANNOY', verb transitive [Latin neceo, to hurt, that is, to strike; neco, to kill.To incommode; to injure or disturb by continued or repeated acts; to tease, vex or molest; as, t...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ANNOYANCE
ANNOY'ANCE, noun That which annoys, or injures; the act of annoying; the state of being annoyed. It includes something more than inconvenience.
ANNOYED
ANNOY'ED, participle passive Incommoded, injured or molested by something that is continued or repeated.
ANNOYER
ANNOY'ER, noun One that annoys.
ANNOYFUL
ANNOY'FUL, adjective Giving trouble; incommoding; molesting. [Not used.]
ANNOYING
ANNOY'ING, participle present tense Incommoding; hurting; molesting.
ANNOYOUS
ANNOY'OUS, adjective Troublesome. [Not used.]
ANNUAL
AN'NUAL, adjective [Latin annalis, from annus, a year; Gr.]1. Yearly; that returns every year; coming yearly; as an annual feast.2. Lasting or continuing only one year or season...
ANNUALLY
AN'NUALLY, adverb Yearly; returning every year; year by year.
ANNUITANT
ANNU'ITANT, noun [See annuity.]One who receives or is entitled to receive an annuity.
ANNUITY
ANNU'ITY, noun [See Annual.]A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life or for ever; an annual income, charged on the person of the grantor...
ANNUL
ANNUL', verb transitive [Latin ad nullum, to nothing.]1. To make void; to nullify; to abrogate; to abolish; used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or ...
ANNULAR
AN'NULAR, adjective [Latin annulus, a ring, from Celtic ain, a circle, and ul, young, small; annulus, a little circle.]Having the form of a ring; pertaining to a ring.Annular cr...
ANNULARY
AN'NULARY, adjective Having the form of a ring.
ANNULATED
AN'NULATED, adjective Furnished with rings, or circles, like rings; having belts.
ANNULET
AN'NULET, noun [Latin annulus, a ring.]In architecture, a small square member in the Doric capital, under the quarter round; also a narrow flat molding, which is common to many ...
ANNULLED
ANNUL'LED, participle passive Made void; abrogated.
ANNULLING
ANNUL'LING, participle present tense Abrogating; abolishing.
ANNULMENT
ANNUL'MENT, noun The act of annulling.
ANNUMERATE
ANNU'MERATE, verb transitive [Latin annumero, of ad and numero, to numer, from numerus, number. See Number.]To add to a former number; to unite to something before mentioned.
ANNUMERATION
ANNUMERA'TION, noun Addition to a former number.
ANNUNCIATE
ANNUN'CIATE, verb transitive [See Announce.] To bring tidings; to announce.
ANNUNCIATION
ANNUNCIA'TION, noun1. An announcing; the tidings brought by the angel to Mary, of the incarnation of Christ. Also the day celebrated by the church, in memory of the angel's salu...
ANNUNCIATOR
ANNUNCIA'TOR, noun One who announces; an officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business was to inform the people of the festivals which were to be celebrated.
ANODYNE
AN'ODYNE, [Gr. pain.]Any medicine which allays pain, or causes sleep, as an opiate, paregoric, narcotic, etc.AN'ODYNE, adjective Assuaging pain; causing sleep, or insensibility.
ANOINT
ANOINT', verb transitive [Latin ungo.]1. To pour oil upon; to smear or rub over with oil or unctuous substances; also to spread over, as oil. We say, the man anoints another, or...
ANOINTED
ANOINT'ED, participle passive Smeared or rubbed with oil; set apart; consecrated with oil.ANOINT'ED, noun The Messiah, or Son of God, consecrated to the great office of Redeemer...