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   annex

   verb

   • 1. add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document: "the first ten amendments were annexed to the Constitution in 1791"
   • ▪ add or attach as a condition or consequence: archaic "extreme anointing hath neither ordinance of God to be grounded on, nor promise of grace annexed" Similar addappendattachjoininformal:tack ontag on
   • 2. add (territory) to one's own territory by appropriation: "the left bank of the Rhine was annexed by France in 1797" Similar take overtake possession ofappropriateexpropriatearrogateseizeconqueroccupygarrisonusurpOpposite relinquish

   noun

   • 1. a building joined to or associated with a main building, providing additional space or accommodation: "the school's one-storey wooden annex"
   • 2. an addition to a document: "an annex to the report"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French annexer, from Latin annectere ‘connect’, from ad- ‘to’ + nectere ‘tie, fasten’.

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