| 单词 | annexation |
| 释义 | annexation|ænɪkˈseɪʃən|
[ad. med.L. annexātiōn-em, n. of action f. annexā-re: see annex v. and -ation.]
The action or process of joining to or uniting: a. of joining materially. rare.
1861Stanley East. Ch. iii. (1869) 109 He, performing the annexation in the dark and in haste, had fixed the heads on the wrong shoulders.
b. of adding or attaching as an attribute, condition, or consequence.
a1660Hammond (J.) All other christian virtues will, by way of concomitance or annexation, attend them. 1788T. Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 533 The annexation of a bill of rights to the Constitution. 1833I. Taylor Fanat. x. 447 The annexation of the threatened punishment to vicious acts.
c. esp. of attaching as an additional privilege, possession, or territorial dependency; appropriation.
1634–46J. Row Hist. Kirk (1842) 142 That the act of annexation be dissolved. 1656Bp. Hall Special. Life 27 (T.) The Dean of Windsor, by an ancient annexation, is patron thereof. 1726Ayliffe Parerg. 87 How these Annexations of Benefices first came into the church. 1875Bryce Holy Rom. Emp. xx. 363 France..by the annexation of Piedmont, had overstepped the Alps.
†2. That which is annexed, an addition. Obs.
1611Cotgr., Annexe, an annexation, or thing annexed.
†3. Conjunction, combination, union. Obs. rare.
a1626Bacon Union Eng. & Scot. (T.) To make one compounded annexation..out of the lands of both nations. |
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