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English Dictionary: annex by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
annex
n
  1. an addition that extends a main building [syn: annex, annexe, extension, wing]
v
  1. take (territory) as if by conquest; "Hitler annexed Lithuania"
  2. attach to
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Annex \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. [bd]He annexed a codicil to a
            will.[b8] --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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Annex \An*nex"\, v. i.
      To join; to be united. --Tooke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Annex \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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