GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Annual , a. [OE. annuel, F. annuel, fr. L. annualis, fr. annus year. Cf. Annals.]
   Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.
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   The annual overflowing of the river [Nile].
   Ray.
   
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   Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year; as, the annual motion of the earth.
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   A thousand pound a year, annual support.
   Shak.
   
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   Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets.
   Bacon.
   
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   Annual, n.
   A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
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   Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant.
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   Oaths . . . in some sense almost annuals; . . . and I myself can remember about forty different sets.
   Swift.
   
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   (R. C. Ch.) A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.
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