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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. incorporation by joining or uniting;
[syn: annexation, appropriation]

2. the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation;
- Example: "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"
- Example: "a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Annexation \An`nex*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. annexation. See Annex, v. t.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (a) (Law) The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

annexation n 1: incorporation by joining or uniting [syn: annexation, appropriation] 2: 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 to annexation"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

115 Moby Thesaurus words for "annexation": abstraction, accession, accessory, accompaniment, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additive, additory, additum, adhesive, adjunct, adjunction, adjuvant, affixation, agglutination, angary, annex, annexure, appanage, appendage, appendant, appropriation, appurtenance, appurtenant, attachment, augment, augmentation, binding, bond, boosting, clasping, coda, collectivization, commandeering, communalization, communization, complement, concomitant, confiscation, continuation, conversion, conveyance, corollary, distraint, distress, embezzlement, eminent domain, execution, expropriation, extension, extrapolation, fastener, fastening, filching, fixture, fraud, garnishment, girding, graft, hooking, impoundment, impressment, increase, increment, joining, junction, juxtaposition, knot, lashing, levy, liberation, lifting, ligation, nationalization, offshoot, pendant, pilferage, pilfering, pinching, poaching, prefixation, reinforcement, right of angary, scrounging, sequestration, shoplifting, side effect, side issue, snatching, sneak thievery, snitching, socialization, splice, stealage, stealing, sticking, suffixation, superaddition, superfetation, superjunction, superposition, supplement, supplementation, swindle, swiping, tailpiece, theft, thievery, thieving, tieing, undergirding, uniting, zipping
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

ANNEXATION, property. The union of one thing to another. 2. In the law relating to fixtures, (q.v.) annexation is actual or constructive. By actual annexation is understood every movement by which a chattel can be joined or united to the freehold. By constructive annexation is understood the union of such things as have been holden parcel of the realty, but which are not actually annexed, fixed, or fastened to the freehold; for example, deeds, or chattels, which relate to the title of the inheritance. Shep. Touch. 469. Vide Anios & Fer. on Fixtures, 2. 3. This term has been applied to the union of one country, to another; as Texas was annexed to the United States by the joint resolution of Congress of larch 1, 1845., See Texas.