[a. Fr. annoncement: see ANNOUNCE and -MENT.] The action or process of announcing; public or official notification, intimation, declaration.
Not in J. ‘In our old Dictionaries, announcing is found instead of this word, which is quite of modern use.’—Todd, 1818.
1798. Belsham, Hist. Eng. (L.). He made the announcement, and was received with cheers.
1847. C. Brontë, Jane Eyre, xiv. 133. With this announcement he rose from his chair.
1859. B. Powell, Ord. Nat., iii. § 2. 331. The sudden announcement of her husband’s fate.
