About The Word Annex
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Annex
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What's The Definition Of Annex?
[n] an addition that extends a main building
[v] attach to [v] take by conquest; as of territory [v] take illegally, as of territory Synonyms | Synonyms for Annex: annexe | extension | take over | wing Related Terms | Find terms related to Annex: 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 | L | 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 See Also | add on | addition | affix | append | appropriate | building | capture | colonise | colonize | conquer | edifice | ell | improver | seize | supplement | take | usurp Annex In Webster's Dictionary \An*nex"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Annexed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Annexing}.] [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.]
1. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to
append; -- followed by to. ``He annexed a codicil to a
will.'' --Johnson.
2. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.
He annexed a province to his kingdom. --Johnson.
3. To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.;
as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to
guilt.
Syn: To add; append; affix; unite; coalesce. See {Add}.
\An*nex"\, v. i. To join; to be united. --Tooke. \An*nex"\, n. [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. |
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