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I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~er, from ~e attached, from Latin ~us, past participle of annectere to bind to, from ad- + nectere to bind Date: 14th century to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition, to join together materially ; unite , to add to something earlier, larger, or more important, to incorporate (a country or other territory) within the domain of a state, to obtain or take for oneself, ~ation noun ~ational adjective ~ationist noun II. noun Date: 1501 something ~ed as an expansion or supplement: as, an added stipulation or statement ; appendix , a subsidiary or supplementary building or structure ; wing