transitive verb
- to add on or attach, as a smaller thing to a larger; append
- to add to as a condition, consequence, etc.
- to incorporate into a country, state, etc. the territory of (another country, state, etc.)
- to take or appropriate, esp. without asking
- Archaic to join; connect
Origin:
ME annexen < OFr annexer < L annexus, pp. of annectere < ad-, to + nectere, to tie, bind: see net
noun
something added on; specif.,
- a wing added to a building
- a nearby building used as an addition to the main building
- a section added as to a document; addendum