annexation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun incorporation by joining or uniting
    appropriation.
  2. noun 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

WordNet

An`nex*a"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. annexation. See Annex, v. t.
Definitions
  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.
  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.

Webster 1913