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Annex

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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
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an=nex

CIDE DICTIONARY

Annexv. t. [F. annexer, fr. L. annexus, p. p. of annectere to tie or bind to; ad + nectere to tie, to fasten together, akin to Skr. nah to bind.].
  •  To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.  Johnson.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.  [1913 Webster]
    "He annexed a province to his kingdom."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.  [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To add; append; affix; unite; coalesce. See Add.
Annexv. i. 
     To join; to be united.  Tooke.  [1913 Webster]
Annexn. [F. annexe, L. annexus, neut. annexum, p. p. of annectere.].
     Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Annex, v.tr.
1 a add as a subordinate part. b (often foll. by to) append to a book etc.
2 incorporate (territory of another) into one's own.
3 add as a condition or consequence.
4 colloq. take without right.

Derivative
annexation n.
Etymology
ME f. OF annexer f. L annectere (as AN-(2), nectere nex- bind)

THESAURUS

Annex

L, abstract, accession, accessory, accompaniment, accroach, acquire, add, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additive, additory, additum, adjoin, adjunct, adjuvant, affix, agglutinate, anchor, and, annexation, appanage, append, appendage, appendant, appropriate, appurtenance, appurtenant, arm, arrogate, associate, attach, attachment, augment, augmentation, bag, belay, block, boost, borrow, burden, cabbage, cement, cinch, clamp, clinch, coda, collar, collectivize, commandeer, communalize, communize, complement, complicate, concomitant, confiscate, conjoin, connect, continuation, cop, corollary, cramp, crib, decorate, defraud, distrain, ell, embezzle, encumber, engraft, expropriate, extension, extort, extrapolation, fasten, filch, fix, fixture, gain, garnish, get at, get hold of, glom on to, glue on, grab, graft, grapple, have, hitch on, hook, impound, impress, increase, increment, infix, join, join with, knit, land, lay hands on, levy, lift, link, make fast, make off with, moor, nationalize, nip, obtain, offshoot, ornament, palm, paste on, pendant, pick up, pilfer, pinch, plus, poach, postfix, preempt, prefix, press, procure, purloin, put to, put with, reinforcement, replevin, replevy, run away with, rustle, saddle with, screw up, scrounge, secure, seize, sequester, sequestrate, set, set to, shoplift, side effect, side issue, slap on, snare, snatch, snitch, socialize, steal, subjoin, suffix, superadd, superpose, supplement, swindle, swipe, tack on, tag, tag on, tailpiece, take, take on, take over, take possession, take up, thieve, tighten, trice up, trim, undergirding, unite, unite with, walk off with, wing

ROGET THESAURUS

Annex

Addition

VB add, annex, affix, superadd, subjoin, superpose, clap on, saddle on, tack to, append, tag, ingraft, saddle with, sprinkle, introduce, insert, become added, accrue, advene, supervene, reinforce, reenforce, restrengthen, swell the ranks of, augment.

Adjunct

N adjunct, addition, additament, additum, affix, appelidage, annexe, annex, augment, augmentation, increment, reinforcement, supernumerary, accessory, item, garnish, sauce, accompaniment, adjective, addendum, complement, supplement, continuation, rider, offshoot, episode, side issue, corollary, piece, flap, lappet, skirt, embroidery, trappings, cortege, tail, suffix, wing, additional, alate, alated, winged, in addition.


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