ANNEX

ANNEX', verb transitive [Latin annecto, annexum.]1. To unite at the end; as to annex a codicil to a will. To subjoin, to affix.2. To unite, as a smaller thing to a greater; as to annex a province to a kingdom.3. To unite to something proceeding, as the main object; to connect with; as to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.ANNEX', verb intransitive To join; to be united.

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annex. annex, to knit or ioyne together.

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annex. Annex, n. a thing annexed, a thing subjoined

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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. 1. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; — followed by to. “He annexed a codicil to a will.” Johnson.
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.