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Webster 1913 Edition
Announce
An-nounce′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Announced
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Announcing
.] [OF.
anoncier
, F. annoncer
, fr. L. annuntiare
; ad
+ nuntiare
to report, relate, nuntius
messenger, bearer of news. See Nuncio
, and cf. Annunciate
.] 1.
To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.
Her [Q. Elizabeth’s] arrival was
announced
through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. Gilpin.
2.
To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
Publish laws,
Or life or death.
announce
Or life or death.
Prior.
Syn. – To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate.
– To
Publish
, Announce
, Proclaim
, Promulgate
. We publish
what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as, to
. We publish
abroad the faults of our neighborsannounce
what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as, to announce
the speedy publication of a book; to announce
the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We proclaim
anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to proclaim
the news of victory. We promulgate
when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as, to promulgate
the gospel. Webster 1828 Edition
Announce
ANNOUNCE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To publish; to proclaim; to give notice, or first notice; as, the birth of Christ was announced by an angel.2.
To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.Definition 2024
announce
announce
English
Verb
announce (third-person singular simple present announces, present participle announcing, simple past and past participle announced)
- (transitive) To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Gilpin (1724-1804)
- Her [Queen Elizabeth’s] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts.
- 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:
- Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.
- 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
- The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Gilpin (1724-1804)
- (transitive) To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
- (Can we date this quote?) Matthew Prior (1664-1721)
- Publish laws, announce / Or life or death.
- (Can we date this quote?) Matthew Prior (1664-1721)
Synonyms
- proclaim, publish, make known, herald, declare, promulgate
Derived terms
Translations
to give public notice, or first notice of
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to pronounce; declare by judicial sentence
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References
- announce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913