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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Annexation \An`nex*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. annexation. See Annex , 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. (Law) ...
WordNet
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n. incorporation by joining or uniting [syn: appropriation ] the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation; "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"; "a protectorate has frequently been a first step ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, from Medieval Latin annexiationem (nominative annexatio ) "action of annexing," noun of action from past participle stem of annexare (see annex ). The Middle English noun form was annexion "union; joining; territory acquired" (mid-15c.).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed. 2 (context legal English) A legal merging of a territory into another body.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Annexation ( Latin ad , to, and nexus , joining) is the political transition of land from the control of one entity to another. It is also the incorporation of unclaimed land into a state's sovereignty, which is in most cases legitimate. In international ...
Usage examples of annexation.
Efforts were made by the Entente during the summer to counteract this attraction by inducing Serbia to reconsider her annexations in Macedonia.
Longuet resolution was as strong in its declaration of solidarity with the Soviet republic of Russia as the Loriot resolution was in opposition to all annexation of the Sarre Valley by France.
Fornis, having agreed with King Karnat of Terekenalt to offer no resistance to his occupation and annexation of Suba, in return for his promise to desist from further attacks on Paltesh, had publicly declared herself Sacred Queen of Airtha and, with Kembri and Han-Glat at the head of a considerable force, was about to advance on Bekla.
Firmly believing that the late United States Minister to the unfortunate island had at least acquiesced in the overthrow of the Hawaiian Government, President Cleveland, with the hope that he might measurably repair the wrong, recalled the Annexation Treaty, as stated.
Political propagandism, except on the Roman plan, that is, by annexation and incorporation, is as impracticable as it is wanting in the respect that one independent people owes to another.
On the other hand, the statesmanlike action of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Colonial Minister in 1859, in erecting British Columbia into a Crown Colony, was a break-water against the fell waves of annexation.
Khoral goes, all I have to do is delay wootz shipments whenever he makes annexation noises.
Strategy Committee is already working on a plan to at least destabilize and hopefully permanently derail the Talbott annexation.
Since the original States had been found not to own the soil under the three mile belt, Texas, which concededly did own this soil before its annexation to the United States, was held to have surrendered its dominion and sovereignty over it, upon entering the Union on terms of equality with the existing States.
Existed Previous to Confederation of the Provinces--Proposals of Annexation to the United States--Lessons Learned by the Fenian Raid.
His greatest challenge came over the annexation of Jerez, which was discovered by Kulu Corporation ships but was also claimed by the Parma government.
These spectacles had been safeguarded somewhere m the Kaliningrad region throughout the Soviet annexation, in this hard steel case -- but not on behalf of covert Nazis.
Those who wish it evil, and these comprise the restless, unprovided race of politicians under whose incessant agitation Canada has so long groaned, desire its Texian annexation to the already overgrown States in its vicinity.
An English engineer offered to lay a tramroad across Siberia, after Muravieff had carried Russia to the Pacific by his brilliant annexation of the mouths of the Amur.
In Magnolia the city commissioners showed no indication of reaching an agreement on the annexation of Hunter Woods when it was completed, though Barry working with a team that included Katie, Artie and Chet was fighting to push this through.