annunciate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

From annunciātus, Medieval Latin alternative spelling of annuntiātus, past participle of Latin annūntiāre. Doublet of announce.

Lo SAMPSON, which that was annunciate By the angel, long ere his nativity; <3> And was to God Almighty consecrate, And stood in nobless while that he might see; Was never such another as was he, To speak of strength, and thereto hardiness;* *courage But to his wives told he his secre, Through which he slew himself for wretchedness. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer

announce, harbinger, foretell, herald

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