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annex(dictionary)

annex (iou)



annex verb trans. LME.
[Old & mod. French annexer, from Latin annex- pa. ppl stem of annectere, from ad AN-3 + nectere tie, fasten.]
(Foll. by to.)
I. Without the idea of subordination.
Join, unite. arch. LME.
II. With the idea of subordination.
Append, affix; attach as an accessory or annexe. LME.
R. Boyle To which he annexes a Disquisition of the Scurvey. F. A. Kemble To each settlement is annexed a cook's shop. N. Freeling This prissy building annexed to the Ministry of Social Affairs.
Add (a territory etc.) to existing possessions, esp. (colloq.) without right; appropriate to one's use. LME.
W. Blackstone Appropriators may annex the great tithes to the vicarages. E. M. Forster Margaret was all for sightseeing, and..annexed a motor. G. B. Shaw When Germany annexed Poland in 1939, half of it was snatched out of her jaws by Soviet Russia.
Join or attach as an attribute, condition, or consequence. LME.
Hobbes It is annexed to the Soveraignty, to be Iudge. D. Hume He, though he granted him the commission, annexed a clause, that it should not empower him [etc.]. M. Arnold Salvation is not annexed to a right knowledge of geometry.
annexable, annexible adjective E17.
annexment noun (rare) = annexure E17.
annexure noun something annexed, an adjunct, a supplement L19.