annunciate

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I can't believe it was media slanting because everything was consistent - and building slowly - such as the blatant the way she made sure to annunciate Obama's middle name as if it was some proof that he was a secret terrotist to the cumulation of that tactic which ended in crowds at rallys chanting "kill him" (yes, have we all forgotten that?), and the distinguishing between

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  1. transitive verb To announce; proclaim: "They do not so properly affirm, as annunciate it” (Charles Lamb).

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  • The pictures chosen - a painting of the Virgin Mary called '' Vergine annunciate "by Sassoferrato and '' Lady with an Ermine" by Leonardo da Vinci as the non-religious control - were aesthetically very similar. —  WordPress.com News
  • Archbishop Tutu, aged 77, who is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and the retired Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, said late last week that Mr Obama risked squandering goodwill from around the world if he failed to acknowledge mistakes and annunciate policies for "moving forward". —  Inspire Magazine News
  • Here, from an article published at the American Enterprise Institute, a place where Vice President Dick Dney likes to annunciate foreign pokicy, is a take on the —  The Swamp
  • Why do I have to annunciate for you guys constantly? —  Think Progress
  • Again I didn't realize I had to annunciate for you. —  Think Progress
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Latin annūntiāre, annūntiāt-; see announce.

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  1. from Middle English annunciat, anunciat, past participle, from Latin annunciatus, properly annuntiatus, past participle of annuntiare: see announce.
  2. See the verb.
 

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/æˈnənsɪeɪt/
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