arch. Also 7 adnexion, annection. [ad. L. annexiōn-em, n. of action f. annex- ppl. stem of annect-ĕre: see ANNEX v.]
1. The action of annexing; = ANNEXATION 1.
1611. Speed, Hist. Gt. Brit., VII. v. 216. To seeke the annexion thereof to his owne Kingdome.
1670. G. H., Hist. Cardinals, I. III. 69. The annection of several Provinces.
1667. H. More, Div. Dial., V. x. (1713), 434. This signifies the adnexion of Periods of Times to the Ministry of the Angelical Hosts.
1807. W. Taylor, in Ann. Rev., V. 169. The use of the word annexion [by J. Gordon 1801], where annexation would be written by the slaves of usage is unquestionably right.
† 2. That which is annexed, attached or appended; an addition, adjunct. Obs.
c. 1600. ? Shaks., Lovers Compl., 208. These talents of their hair With the annexions of fair gems enrichd.
a. 1641. Bp. Mountagu, Acts & Mon., 418. Which traditions the Pharisees did not recommend as commentaries only but as necessary annexions unto the Law.
1748. A. Hill, in Mrs. Barbaulds Richardson (1804), I. 129. Every thing [is] unsimple, that has foreign and unnatural annexions.