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an⋅nex⋅a⋅tion

[an-ik-sey-shuh

n, -ek-]

–noun

1.	the act or an instance of annexing, esp. new territory.

2.	the fact of being annexed.

3.	something annexed.

Origin:
1605–15; < ML annexātiōn- (s. of annexātiō), equiv. to annexāt(us) joined to (ptp. of annexāre; see annex, -ate ¹ ) + -iōn- -ion

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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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annexation
noun
1.	incorporation by joining or uniting
2.	the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation; "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"; "a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation"

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Annexation

An`nex*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. annexation. See Annex, v. t.]

1. The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.

2. (a) (Law) The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown. --Wharton.

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