Part 462

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.</def>

<blockquote>He <b>annexed</b> a province to his kingdom. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; <as>as, to <ex>annex</ex> a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To add; append; affix; unite; coalesce. See <er>Add</er>.</syn>

<h1>Annex</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An*nex"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To join; to be united.</def>

<i>Tooke.</i>

<h1>Annex</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An*nex"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>annexe</ets>, L. <ets>annexus</ets>, neut. <ets>annexum</ets>, p. p. of <ets>annectere</ets>.]</ety> <def>Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.</def>

<h1>Annexation</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An`nex*a"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>annexation</ets>. See <er>Annex</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; <as>as, the <ex>annexation</ex> of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. <i>Bouvier</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown.</def>

<i>Wharton.</i>

<h1>Annexationist</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An`nex*a"tion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who favors annexation.</def>

<h1>Annexer</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An*nex"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who annexes.</def>

<h1>Annexion</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An*nex"ion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>annexio</ets> a tying to, connection: cf. F. <ets>annexion</ets>.]</ety> <def>Annexation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Annexionist</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An*nex"ion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An annexationist.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Annexment</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An*nex"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of annexing, or the thing annexed; appendage.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Annihilable</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An*ni"hi*la*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being annihilated.</def>