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Definition of annex:

  • (noun) an addition that extends a main building
  • (verb) take (territory) as if by conquest; "Hitler annexed Lithuania"
  • (verb) attach to

Sentence Examples:

These people own large herds of cattle, and are constantly increasing in numbers by annexing other tribes.

It was not like spending the time alone; this certainly would have been a formidable condition to have annexed.

Venice is the stake we are playing for, my dear count, and we want to annex her to Austria.

I do not lose the hope of annexing it to my possessions, provided the war is prolonged a little.

In 1832 the office of resident was abolished, and the tract was annexed to the North-Western Provinces.

Then we annexed it, made its quarrels our own, and did conquer both New Mexico and California.

And some such inclusion may have to be made before we can attempt to annex vital or mental processes.

The machines were not inserted till a year after, when he published it, and annexed the dedication.

This is the first time that I ever heard or read that the colonies are annexed to the realm.

He was eminently successful in this, and the two provinces were permanently annexed to the Ottoman Empire.

The traditions of the monastery annex wild and fearful recollections to a place in itself sufficiently terrible.

The room itself was obviously a continuation of the larger one beyond, a sort of annex, as it were.

Illustrations of these are shown in the present volume, and are specially referred to in the annexed paper.

The scale of each is immense, and the buildings of both well filled and overflowing into numerous annexes.

A copy of the specification and drawings shall be annexed to the patent and be a part thereof.

A copy of the specifications and drawings shall be annexed to the patent and be a part thereof.

Odds and ends of territory overseas were annexed, and a new value was attached to the existing colonies.

The annexed diagram represents one of the many ways in which this idea might be carried into practice.

Peggy knocked cautiously on the door of his combination office-living quarters on the lower floor of the annex.

The annexed plan, however, meets all the requirements of the case in so far as they are known.

The general details of such a building will be more easily understood by referring to the annexed plan.

The annexed plate gives a faithful view of the cleared space and buildings which form the settlement.

Her Thursdays were becoming famous in their world; and their world grew steadily, annexing street after street.

It was presently annexed to the city, and connected with it by three bridges across the river.

The Direction and Control annex details how overall responses to an emergency will be managed and coordinated.

All movements of evacuation and occupation will be regulated in accordance with a note annexed to the stated terms.

There was an opening in the wall leading off to an annex of some kind outside the dome building.

No C.S. family would consider itself loyal or pious or pain-proof without an Annex or two in the house.

For general information I have annexed a list of the supplies I took with me on my first expedition.

There are no illustrations to this work, but I have annexed a long list of illustrated works on art.

We take the version from one of his subsequent letters, for the sake of annexing it to the original.

If I don't like the answers, I'll see if I can't find quarters for you in the basement annex.

I have annexed a copy, which shows that the salary was ten pounds per annum, payable quarterly.

I am simply a body with a mental annex, and the one appears to be independent of the other.

They were making for the frontier, and next day would certainly see them in the annexed province.

In order to give some idea of it, we have annexed to this article a sketch of one of their shawls.

After reaching that point, the conquering tribe simply annexes its neighbors and makes them its slaves.

The annexed return will show the number of persons of all descriptions at Rose Hill, at this period.

The new tower is not shown on the annexed plate, because of the horrible picture it would make.

This privilege is annexed to nobility, from which the women of condition derive to themselves every possible advantage.

Annexed to the temples were buildings devoted to the purpose of education for boys, youths, and young women.

I annex a copy, as perhaps your experienced eye will take in at a glance the gravity of the record.

Tom accordingly took the pencil, and drew a set of figures, of which the annexed are faithful copies.

Certainly they did their best to annex themselves to England, and to become loyal subjects of England's Elizabeth.

We also engaged in a definite Treaty "not to annex Tibetan territory or to interfere in the administration of Tibet."

To these animals we shall annex some others that are equally foreign, and very similar in their properties.

This praise so confused Helen that she was long before she could obey the command annexed to it.

For nearly a hundred years after Caesar's expeditions no further attempt had been made to annex that island.

The salary annexed to this government, as we understood, was not quite equal to fifteen hundred pounds a year.

Functional annexes (for both staff and services) are designed to address the extraordinary requirements created by emergencies.

Let me take you now to the annex elevator, in case anyone should be waiting to see you at the other.

The annexed plan may help to the comprehension of the position of affairs at this period of the action.

The Bracket annexed is out of the usual run of brackets which have generally been ornamented with leather work.

If the resolution is passed, as annexed to the Report, I shall get my papers and leave the city.

He's not in the tavern itself, but in the little annex next door-there, where he's going now.

This Dignity was for the most part annexed to certain Sees, but sometimes conferred on particular Persons.

She was forbidden under any pretext whatever from travelling in Switzerland, or entering any region annexed to France.

He was an auctioneer and shipping agent, and during his absence his business was annexed by a rival.

A single powerful tribe conquered and annexed its neighbors without admitting them to a share in the government.

Some writers are so in the habit of annexing adjectives to all nouns, that they dare not use one without.

The last I heard, the dear man apparently was trying to get himself annexed to the literary courses.

The next day we drove to a farmhouse which had annexed some rather decent fields for that region.

She waited on table in the Fashion annex, and was not without charm, both of person and mind.

The reflection of rays from a plane surface may be better understood by reference to the annexed diagram.

From this photograph we have designed the annexed plate, representing a primitive furnace for the extraction of iron.

By taking the dog back to its home he might, perhaps, annex a five-dollar reward; but scarcely more.

He feared his designs on Italy, being himself most anxious at that time to annex Naples to the holy see.

This is the condition annexed to the privilege in all those countries which have adopted this liberal policy.

Balboa, with great presence of mind, at once annexed the great pearl, and gave the slave his freedom.

A little farther down the valley is the castle of Roquefort, which was also annexed by the Captain.

Lands can be annexed by a successful campaign; they can be permanently conquered only by the operations of peace.

He annexed the Sandwich Islands to the fun of the nation long before they were put under its flag.

From this, again, it follows that the 'notions we annex to the words Matter and Mind are merely relative

Brown, afraid of the guilt of sin because of the punishment annexed to it, or are you afraid of sin itself?

And now, having seen the inn, let us pay a pious visit to the annex, the inevitable annex, alas!

For Ireland is certainly annexed to the crown of England, and it certainly is not annexed to the realm.

To each of the principal temples, schools were attached and lands were annexed for the maintenance of the priests.

The Esmeralda was gone, and would undoubtedly be annexed by the pirates who had captured the Rambler.

It is not ill executed, but in size is somewhat shorter than its predecessor, and has no price annexed.

The difference in composition of the different varieties will be found annexed, the numbers referring to those given above.

Alison had returned to the annex early after rehearsal, saying that it was about time she had some sleep.

The annexed sketch may give you an idea of what I suppose to have been the original design of the composition.

And it is well the true state of feeling throughout the annexed territory should be known outside its limits.

He turned and flung out a thin arm toward the annex to the laboratory, where the bodies were lying.

It was natural that the Scots kings, as they increased their strength, should wish to annex these districts.

Manson turned into the gravel walk that led to the small stone annex of the big stone jail.

Paul's within by the erection of a fine cathedral dedicated to our Lady Del-Monte, with a monastery annexed to it.

In order to render the description more striking, a print might be annexed, in which the operation should be represented.

Heads to ask one another, what they were disputing about, and to annex a precise idea to the word Matter.

There have been repeated agitations for municipal expansion, but so far nothing has been done to annex the surrounding communes.

They could only annex us by so improving their constitution, as to make it plainly very much superior to ours.

The exact time of the origin of this institution and of the authority annexed to their office, is quite uncertain.

In a settled province the personal factor is not so important; but in a newly annexed country it is everything.

From the portion of which the annexed is a figure, the entire mass must have been one of considerable weight.

My men had, however, gone abroad among the neighboring farms and had annexed a few fowls and eggs.

The annexed sketch will give a more vivid idea of the nature of such labors than the most accurate description.

To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.

She had an eye for men as well as for art, so when handsome Jerry appeared, she annexed him.

That public has at last not only conquered, but it has annexed the other as a part of itself.

By the indifference with which she threw away her money, I perceived she annexed to it but little value.