From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Annex \An*nex"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annexed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Annexing.] [F. annexer, fr. L. annexus, p. p. of annectere
to tie or bind to; ad + nectere to tie, to fasten together,
akin to Skr. nah to bind.]
1. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to
append; -- followed by to. "He annexed a codicil to a
will." --Johnson.
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2. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.
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He annexed a province to his kingdom. --Johnson.
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3. To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.;
as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to
guilt.
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Syn: To add; append; affix; unite; coalesce. See Add.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Annex \An*nex"\, v. i.
To join; to be united. --Tooke.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Annex \An*nex"\, n. [F. annexe, L. annexus, neut. annexum, p. p.
of annectere.]
Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation
to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a
wing.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
annex
n 1: an addition that extends a main building [syn: annex,
annexe, extension, wing]
v 1: take (territory) as if by conquest; "Hitler annexed
Lithuania"
2: attach to