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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Announce \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.]
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1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known;
to publish; to proclaim.
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Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through
the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts.
--Gilpin.
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2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
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Publish laws, announce
Or life or death. --Prior.
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Syn: To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare;
promulgate.

Usage: 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.
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WordNet Announce
v 1: make known; make an announcement; "She denoted her feelings
clearly" [syn: denote]
2: announce publicly or officially; "The President declared
war" [syn: declare]
3: give the names of; "He announced the winners of the spelling
bee"
4: foreshadow or presage [syn: annunciate, harbinger, foretell,
herald]

Moby Dictionary
advertise , affirm , allege , annunciate , antecede , antedate ,
anticipate , argue , assert , assever , asseverate , attest , augur ,
aver , avouch , avow , be before , be early , bespeak , betoken , blazon ,
break the news , bring word , broadcast , bruit about , circulate ,
come before , communicate , confirm , contend , declare ,
declare roundly , disclose , divulge , enunciate , express , forebode ,
forecast , forerun , foreshow , foretell , give a report , give notice ,
give tidings of , harbinger , have , herald , hint at , hold , impart ,
inform , insist , intimate , issue a manifesto , issue a statement ,
lay down , maintain , make a statement , make an announcement ,
make known , make public , manifesto , notify , portend , preannounce ,
precede , precurse , predate , predicate , predict , preexist ,
preindicate , presage , present , proclaim , profess , promulgate ,
pronounce , propound , protest , publicize , publish ,
publish a manifesto , put , put forth , put it , put out , rehearse ,
relate , report , reveal , rumor , run before , say , set down ,
set forth , show forth , signal , sound , speak , speak out , speak up ,
stand for , stand on , state , submit , suggest , tell , testify ,
usher in , witness , write up