Thesaurus: annex

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1. v. t. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.
2. v. t. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.
3. v. t. To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.
4. v. i. To join; to be united.
5. n. Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.
6. n. an addition that extends a main building
7. v. take (territory) as if by conquest
8. v. add an extra part to
9. 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. To join; to be united. Tooke. Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.
10. To join; to be united. Tooke.
11. n:29/v:71 n. an addition that extends a main building v. take (territory) as if by conquest v. attach to