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The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.

Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike. Macaulay.

A half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease.

One who, or that which, anneals.

g; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.

To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. "To annihilate the army." Macaulay.

or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation.

One who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist.

One who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator.

ersary feast. Anniversary day (R. C. Ch.). See Anniversary, n., 2. -- Anniversary week, that week in the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and New York. [Eastern U. S.]

Curved somewhat in the form of the letter S. Cussans.

A bird one year old, or that has once molted.

The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.

A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy. Worse than Tantalus' is her annoy. Shak.

That which annoys. A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair, Any annoyance in that precious sense. Shak.

One who, or that which, annoys.

That annoys; molesting; vexatious. -- An*noy"ing*ly, adv.

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.

That may be Annulled.

That may be announced or declared; declarable. [R.]