annex
verbUK /ˈænɛks/ · US /əˈnɛks/
Etymology From Middle English annexen, anexen, from Old French annexer (“to join”), from Medieval Latin annexāre, infinitive of annexō, frequentative of Latin annectō (“bind to”), from ad (“to”) + nectō (“tie, bind”). Compare the rare annect. Doublet of adnex.
1
US To add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate.
- The ancient city of Petra was annexed by Rome.
- In 1910, he returned to Korea, which had by this time been annexed by Japan.2009, Wikipedia:Syngman Rhee:
2
US To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.
- to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt
- Annexed to my feeling of guilt was a sense of having let my familiy down.
1 more example
- Under Edward the Second, the Commons began to annex petitions to the bills by which they granted subsidies1793, John Horne Tooke, The Constitution of England:
3
US To join; to be united.
4
US To take something without permission (informal)
- I returned to resume my place but my assistant had already annexed my chair.
- Synonyms
- underjoin
- Antonyms
- separate
- Derived terms
- annexable, annexation, annexational, annexationism, annexationist, annexment, annexure, disannex, nonannexed, reannex, unannexed