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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Annual

Ăn'nu-al, a.

adjective

(29), a. [Lat. annualis, from annus, year; Pr. annual, Fr. annuel, It. annuale.]

  1. Returning every year; yearly; coming or happening yearly. “The annual overflowing of the river [Nile].” Ray.
  2. Performed in a year; reckoned by the year; as, the annual motion of the earth.

A thousand pounds a year annual support. Shak. 3. Lasting or continuing only one year or season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant. Bacon.

An'nu-al, n.

noun

n. 1. A thing happening or returning yearly;—especially, a literary work published once a year. 2. A thing, especially a plant, that lasts or lives but one year or season.

Oaths are . . . in some sense almost annuals; . . . and I myself can remember about forty different sets. Swift.