† ˈanniverse Obs.
[f. L. anni versus the (re)turning of a year. Common in 17th c.]
An anniversary.
| 1615 Corbet Poems (1807) 52 As Henryes vault, his peace, his sacred hearse, Are torne and batter'd by thine anniverse. a 1681 Oldham Poems (1698) 54 Only once a year, On the sad anniverse drop a remembering tear. 1817 W. Taylor in Month. Mag. XLIV. 234 The 7th of November was kept as a solemn Anniverse by Lorenzo dei Medici. |