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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.

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

One who announces.

To announce beforehand. Coleridge.

To give public notice of; to announce publicly, esp. by a printed notice; as, to advertise goods for sale, a lost article, the sailing day of a vessel, a political meeting.

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

To announce.

The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.

One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.

Pertaining to, or containing, announcement; making known. [R.]

; as, news brought by the last arrival. Another arrival still more important was speedily announced. Macaulay.

Any public notice or announcement, especially of news recently received.

ant upon persons of rank or wealth, wearing a plume and sword. The great chasseur who had announced her arrival. W. Irving.

The last part of anything; close; termination; end. A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest. Prescott.

To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster. The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan. Shak. Two ravens now began to croak Their nuptial song. Wordsworth.

n to the sending of criers or messengers through the territory of a Scottish clan with an announcement or summons.

ies, as the Hoplocephalus superbus and Acanthopis antarctica. -- Death bell, a bell that announces a death. The death bell thrice was heard to ring. Mickle. -- Death candle, a light like that of a candle, viewed by the superstitious as presaging death. -- Death damp, a cold sweat at the coming on of death. -- Death…

That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal. Declarations of mercy and love . . . in the Gospel. Tillotson.

te or manifest explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish; to proclaim; to announce. This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son. Milton. The heavens declare the glory of God. Ps. xix. 1.

An officer whose duty it was to announce the doom or sentence pronounced by the court.