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.
Defn: To join; to be united. Tooke.
ANNEX An*nex", n. Etym: [F. annexe, L. annexus, neut. annexum, p. p. of annectere.]
Defn: Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.
ANNEXATION
An`nex*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. annexation. See Annex, v. t.]
1. The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.
2. (a) (Law) The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown. Wharton.
ANNEXATIONIST
An`nex*a"tion*ist, n.