ANNEX', verb transitive [Latin annecto, annexum.] 1. To unite at the end; as to annex a codicil to a will. To subjoin, to affix. 2. To unite, as a smaller thing to a greater; as to annex a province to a kingdom. 3. To unite to something proceeding, as the main object; to connect with; as to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt. ANNEX', verb intransitive To join; to be united.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI