annual

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1. 1.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. 2.Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets. Bacon.
3. 3.A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.(R. C. Ch.) A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is annual.

• What is 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 called?
• What is lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets. Bacon called?
• What is a thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is a Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day called?