D defs.my
Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Annex

/ăn'-ĕksˌ/ · An·nex · IPA /ˈænɛks/
01 v. t. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.
imp. & p. p. Annexed; p. pr. & vb. n. Annexing
  1. 1.
    To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.
  2. 2.
    To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.
    “He annexed a province to his kingdom.” Johnson.
  3. 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.
02 v. i. To join; to be united.
  1. 1.
    To join; to be united.
03 n. Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.
  1. 1.
    Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.