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   an·nex

   verb

   • 1. append or add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document: "the first ten amendments were annexed to the Constitution in 1791"
   • ▪ 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
   • ▪ take for oneself; appropriate: "my girlfriend has been annexing my hoodies over the past year"
   • ▪ add or attach as a condition or consequence. Similar addappendattachjoininformal:tack ontag on

   noun

   • 1. a building joined to or associated with a main building, providing additional space or accommodations: "the school's one-story 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’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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