a. rare. [f. L. annuntiāt- ppl. stem of annuntiā-re + -IVE.] Characterized by or proper to annunciation.
1659. Gentl. Calling, v. § 13. 418. Christ’s words run not in an annunciative, but an exhortatory stile.
1821. Q. Rev., XXV. 153. A dream … annunciative to the inspired Micah, of the murder of the King of France.
1851. Mrs. Browning, Casa Guidi Wind., 75. That, through all bursts and bruits Of popular passion … Ye may not lack a finger up the air, Annunciative, reproving.
