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an⋅nex

[v. uh-neks, an-eks; n. an-eks, -iks]

–verb (used with object)

1.	to attach, append, or add, esp. to something larger or more important.

2.	to incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state: Germany annexed part of Czechoslovakia.

3.	to take or appropriate, esp. without permission.

4.	to attach as an attribute, condition, or consequence.

–noun Also, especially British, annexe.

5.	something annexed.

6.	a subsidiary building or an addition to a building: The emergency room is in the annex of the main building.

7.	something added to a document; appendix; supplement: an annex to a treaty.

Origin:
1350–1400; (v.) ME < AF, OF annexer < ML annexāre, deriv. of L annexus tied to, ptp. of annectere (see annectent ); (n.) < F annexe or n. use of v.

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an·nex (ə-něks', ān'ěks') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. an·nexed, an·nex·ing, an·nex·es

To append or attach, especially to a larger or more significant thing.
To incorporate (territory) into an existing political unit such as a country, state, county, or city.
To add or attach, as an attribute, condition, or consequence.

n. (ān'ěks', ān'ĭks)

A building added on to a larger one or an auxiliary building situated near a main one.
An addition, such as an appendix, that is made to a record or other document.

[Middle English annexen, from Old French annexer, from Latin annectere, annex-, to connect : ad-, ad- + nectere, to bind; see ned- in Indo-European roots.]
an'nex·a'tion (ān'ĭk-sā'shən) n., an'nex·a'tion·al adj., an'nex·a'tion·ism n., an'nex·a'tion·ist n.

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annex (v.)

c.1386, from O.Fr. annexer "to join," from M.L. annexare, freq. of L. annecetere "to bind to," from ad- "to" + nectere "to tie, bind" (see nexus). Almost always meaning "to join in a subordinate capacity." Of nations or territories, 1509. The noun sense of "supplementary building" is attested from 1861, from Fr. annexe.

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annex
noun
1.	an addition that extends a main building
verb
1.	take (territory) as if by conquest; "Hitler annexed Lithuania"
2.	attach to

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Main Entry: an·nex
Pronunciation: &-'neks, 'a-"neks
Function: transitive verb
1 : ATTACH 2 annexed to the petition> annexed to the building>
2 : to incorporate (as a territory) within a political domain annexes only shards of 24 additional parishes —Hays v. Louisiana, 839 Federal Reporter Supp. 1188 (1993)> —an·nex·ation /"a-nek-'sA-sh&n/ noun

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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.

2. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.

He annexed a province to his kingdom. --Johnson.

3. To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.

Syn: To add; append; affix; unite; coalesce. See Add.

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Annex

An*nex"\, v. i. To join; to be united. --Tooke.

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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Main Entry:	annex
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