[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.
1861. Stanley, 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.
1654. Hammond, Fundamentals, xix. 225 (J.). All other Christian virtues will by way of concomitance or annexation, accompany or attend them in our hearts.
1788. T. Jefferson, Writ. (1859), II. 533. The annexation of a bill of rights to the Constitution.
1833. I. 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.
1634–46. J. Row, Hist. Kirk (1842), 142. That the act of annexation be dissolved.
1660. Bp. Hall, Special. Life, 26–7 (T.). The Dean of Windsor, (who by an ancient annexation is Patron thereof.
1726. Ayliffe, Parerg., 87. How these Annexations of Benefices first came into the church.
1875. Bryce, Holy Rom. Emp., xx. 363. France … by the annexation of Piedmont, had overstepped the Alps.
† 2. That which is annexed, an addition. Obs.
1611. Cotgr., Annexe, an annexation, or thing annexed.
† 3. Conjunction, combination, union. Obs. rare.
a. 1626. Bacon, Union Eng. & Scot. (1670), 61 (T.). Your Majesty would be pleased to make one compounded Annexation for an inseparable Patrimony to the Crown, out of the Lands of both Nations.
