reannexationn.
/ˌriːanɛkˈseɪʃn/, /ˌriːanəkˈseɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌriænɛkˈseɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌriænəkˈseɪʃ(ə)n/ The action of reannexing; the fact or process of being reannexed.
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the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > annexation > reannexation
reannexing1611
reannexation1765
1765 W. Guthrie et al. Gen. Hist. World X. 429 The reannexation of two such capital provinces as Normandy, and Bretagne.
1820 Times 23 Nov. 2/2 His Excellency has gone to make such arrangements as its reannexation to this province have rendered necessary.
1884 Cent. Mag. Nov. 76/2 They would have sunk in the scale of nations, and you would have risen, until they would have come sneaking back, and begged for reannexation.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 755/2 They considered themselves French, and lost all desire for reannexation to any of the German states.
1974 Jrnl. Palestine Stud. 3 199 We are immediately responsible for struggling against..the reannexation of these Palestinian territories.
2000 Geogr. Rev. 90 337 In the interim, they resorted to a brief, ill-fated reannexation with Spain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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