— annexable , adj.
v. /euh neks", an"eks/ ; n. /an"eks, -iks/ , v.t.
1. to attach, append, or add, esp. to something larger or more important.
2. to incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state: Germany annexed part of Czechoslovakia.
3. to take or appropriate, esp. without permission.
4. to attach as an attribute, condition, or consequence.
n. Also, esp. Brit., annexe .
5. something annexed.
6. a subsidiary building or an addition to a building: The emergency room is in the annex of the main building.
7. something added to a document; appendix; supplement: an annex to a treaty.
[ 1350-1400; (v.) ME annexer annexare, deriv. of L annexus tied to, ptp. of annectere (see ANNECTENT); (n.) annexe or n. use of v. ]