v. Function: verb
1
Synonyms: DECLARE 1, advertise, annunciate, blazon, broadcast, bruit (about), proclaim, promulgate, publish, sound
Related Words: communicate, impart
Contrasted Words: hush (up), smother, stifle, suppress
2 to point to as a future occurrence or development FF1C; the shortening days announce the coming of winter FF1E;
Synonyms: forerun, foreshow, harbinger, herald, preindicate, presage
Related Words: augur, forebode, forecast, foretell, predict
3
Synonyms: INDICATE 2, argue, attest, bespeak, betoken, testify, witness
Related Words: present, set forth, show (forth)