Thesaurus: annexation

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1. v. t. The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.
2. v. t. The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown.
3. n. incorporation by joining or uniting
4. n. the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation
5. 1. The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold. 2. (a) (Law) The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown. Wharton.
6. n:100 n. incorporation by joining or uniting n. the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation