annex
annex is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater. He annexed a province to his kingdom. Johnson.
- 2.To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt. See Add.
- 3.To join; to be united. Tooke.
- 4.Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accession
- accompaniment
- accrue
- add
- addition
- adjection
- advene
- affix
- annexation
- append
- augment
- become
- clap
- increase
- increment
- ingraft
- insert
- insertion
- interpose
- interposition
- introduce
- junction
- reenforce
- reinforce
- reinforcement
- restrengthen
- saddle
- sprinkle
- subjoin
- superadd
- superaddition
- superfetation
- superpose
- superposition
- supervene
- supplement
- swell
- tack
- tag
- the
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is annex.
- What is to join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater. He annexed a province to his kingdom. Johnson called?
- What is to attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt. See Add called?
- What is something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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