An"nu*al (?; 135), a. [OE. annuel, F.
annuel, fr. L. annualis, fr. annus year. Cf.
Annals.] 1. Of or pertaining to a year;
returning every year; coming or happening once in the year;
yearly.
The annual overflowing of the river [Nile].
Ray.
2. Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by
the year; as, the annual motion of the earth.
A thousand pound a year, annual support.
Shak.
2. Lasting or continuing only one year or one
growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual
plant; annual tickets. Bacon.
An"nu*al, n. 1. A thing
happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a
year.
2. 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.
3. (R. C. Ch.) A Mass for a deceased person
or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary
day.
