Noun
an addition that extends a main building

Verb
attach to

Verb
take (territory) by conquest; "Hitler annexed Lithuania"

Verb
take illegally, as of territory; "The Israelis are annexing more and more territory on the West Bank"

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v. t.
To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.

v. t.
To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.

v. t.
To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.

v. i.
To join; to be united.

n.
Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.

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Annex

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. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to. "He annexed a codicil to a will." Johnson. 2. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.

He annexed a province to his kingdom.

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.

Annex

An*nex", v. i. To join; to be united. Tooke.

Annex

An*nex" , n. [F. annexe, L. annexus, neut. annexum, p. p. of annectere.] Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.

To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.

To join; to be united.

Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.