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.
[an-ik-sey-shuh
n, -ek-] 