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Webster 1913 Edition
Annual
1.
Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.
The
annual
overflowing of the river [Nile]. Ray.
2.
Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year;
as, the
. annual
motion of the earthA thousand pound a year,
annual
support. Shakespeare
2.
Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year;
as, an
annual
plant; annual
tickets. Bacon.
An′nu-al
,Noun.
1.
A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
2.
Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant.
Oaths . . . in some sense almost
annuals
; . . . and I myself can remember about forty different sets. Swift.
3.
(R. C. Ch.)
A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.
Webster 1828 Edition
Annual
AN'NUAL
,Adj.
1.
Yearly; that returns every year; coming yearly; as an annual feast.2.
Lasting or continuing only one year or season; that requires to be renewed every year; as an annual plant. Leaves that grow in the spring, and perish in the autumn, are called annual, in opposition to evergreens.3.
Performed in a year; as the annual motion of the earth.AN'NUAL
,Noun.