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annex(dictionary)

annex (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: annexer, from Latin annectere, from ad- 'to' + nectere ( NEXUS)]
to take control of a country or area next to your own, especially by using force
::The Baltic republics were annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940.
-- annexation /7Anek5seIFEn/ n [U and C]