An*nounce" (&?;), v. 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, 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 publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We announce 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.
Hear it pronounced