to attach, append, or add, especially to something larger or more important.
to incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state: Germany annexed part of Czechoslovakia.
to take or appropriate, especially without permission.
to attach as an attribute, condition, or consequence.
noun Also especially British, annexe.
something annexed.
a subsidiary building or an addition to a building: The emergency room is in the annex of the main building.
something added to a document; appendix; supplement: an annex to a treaty.
Origin of annex
1350–1400; (v.) Middle English <Anglo-French, Old French annexer<Medieval Latin annexāre, derivative of Latin annexus tied to, past participle of annectere (see annectent); (noun) <French annexe or noun use of v.
OTHER WORDS FROM annex
an·nex·a·ble,adjectivenon·an·nex·a·ble,adjectivepre·an·nex,verb (used with object)re·an·nex,verb (used with object)
un·an·nex·a·ble,adjectiveun·an·nexed,adjective
Words nearby annex
Anne of Brittany, Anne of Cleves, Anne of Denmark, Anne of France, Annette, annex, annexa, annexation, annexationism, annexe, annexure