annunciate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of annunciate
1350–1400; < Medieval Latin annūnciātus, for Latin annūntiātus, past participle of annūntiāre to make known. See announce, -ate 1
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This purification of pregnancy has seen maternity fashions exploit the full potential of spandex, belts, and bows to annunciate rather than conceal the baby bump.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
“You were my mentor, you guided me, told me to annunciate, attack the microphone… These are things I still hear in my mind when I’m broadcasting.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2023
“It’s my apology if I didn’t annunciate the word ‘or,’” Hovis said.
From Washington Times ● May 17, 2019
“It’s my apology if I didn’t annunciate the word ‘or,'” Hovis said.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2019
They do not so properly affirm, as annunciate it.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles
And when asked for his thoughts on Yamamoto’s performance postgame, Roberts annunciated his one-word answer.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024
On Feb. 22, the system annunciated an avoidance maneuver when two regional jets came too close together at Burbank, California, airport.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
It has backed away from its previous posture, as annunciated by Secretary of State John Kerry in congressional testimony last December, that it didn’t want an explicit ban on ground combat troops.
From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2015
A sudden, thickly annunciated “boo” breaks the pall and spreads around the auditorium; the marquise’s countenance hardens.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2013
No; an idea is never too early annunciated.
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
When he glances at angels, they are so powerful that the piano turns into annunciating trombones and all particles in the atmosphere violently tremble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2020
It paves the way for his accomplice, Taylor Swift, to arrive like some dirty annunciating angel on a sliver of moon.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2019
“If you look at the Middle East, I don’t think that this policy has been very good and Secretary Clinton, quite frankly, was a part of annunciating this strategy,” Webb said in that August interview.
From US News ● Dec. 30, 2014
Though I would esteem you as I would some annunciating angel, beyond impeachment of veracity, and bent on a generous errand, you seem as a fallen spirit now; tempting me, not enlightening.
From The Advocate by Heavysege, Charles
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