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Meaning of 'annexation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Annexation [ v. t.]
- 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.
- 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.

Meaning of 'annexation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . annexation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation
Example in sentence:
  • a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation;
  • the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896

Nearby Words:

ann anna annal annalist annalistic annalize annals annat annates annats

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