\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.