Annex
[ə'neks] or [ə'nɛks]
Definition
(noun.) an addition that extends a main building.
(verb.) attach to.
(verb.) take (territory) as if by conquest; 'Hitler annexed Lithuania'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.
(v. t.) To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.
(v. t.) To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.
(v. i.) To join; to be united.
(n.) Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.
Editor: Oswald
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Affix, attach, subjoin, add, superadd, append, tag, tack.[2]. Join, unite, connect.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Add, attach, fasten, affix, subjoin, append, connect, unite
ANT:Withdraw, detach, disconnect, separate, disengage, disunite, remove
Typist: Nadine
Definition
v.t. to add to the end: to join or attach: to take permanent possession of additional territory: to affix: append (with to).—n. something added: a supplementary building—often with the Fr. spelling annexe.—n. Annexā′tion act of annexing.—n. and adj. Annexā′tionist.—ns. Annex′ion Annex′ment (Shak.) addition: the thing annexed.
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Examples
- Why we annex the idea of virtue to justice, and of vice to injustice. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The annexed woodcuts show the figure of this Revolver, with the working parts round the lock exposed to view, together with the shape of the revolving chambered breech. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The annexed diagram shows an arrangement of this kind. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The effect of changing the direction of the light may be readily perceived by making a drawing on both sides of a sheet of paper, as shown in the annexed engraving. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Trajan also invaded Parthia and annexed Armenia, Assyria, and Mesopotamia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This was annexed, and only the southern part of the Kin empire remained unsubdued. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We will not quarrel for the greater share of blame annexed to that evening, said Elizabeth. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The Danes annexed some of the West Indian islands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They are regarded as at the best mere external annexes to mind. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He advanced the westward boundary of the empire by annexing the southern half of Britain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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