单词 | annexation |
释义 | annexationn. 1. a. Originally Scottish. The action, process, or fact of attaching something as an additional possession or privilege; esp. the addition of land, a nation, etc., to existing territory, typically by appropriation; (later also (U.S.)) the incorporation of a place into a city or town. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > annexation annexation1455 annexion1459 annexing1573 annexment1762 1455 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1455/8/2 The annexacione of thir lordschippis and castellis to the croune. 1504 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1504/3/63 Anent landis..quhilk..ar annext or unit in ane halding or barony, that, nochtwithstanding the said annexatioune or unioune, [etc.]. 1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Annexation Induring the time of the quhilk dissolution, the annexation ceases & sleepis. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) i. 26 The Dean of Windsor, (who by an antient annexation is Patron thereof). 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 87 How these Annexations of Benefices first came into the church. 1768 J. Boswell Acct. Corsica (ed. 2) ii. 64 It would appear, that the Pope has always had a view towards the Annexation of Corsica to his territories. 1812 Ann. Reg. 1810 (Otridge ed.) Hist. Europe 233/1 This was a virtual or real annexation of that county to the French empire. 1889 Harper's Mag. Aug. 437/1 The policy of injustice and violence which, under pretext of annexations, has reopened the era of armed conquests. 1912 E. Channing Students' Hist. U.S. (new ed.) xi. 420 The Democrats..declared for the annexation or reannexation of Texas and for the reoccupation of Oregon. 1965 A. J. P. Taylor Eng. Hist. 1914–45 xiii. 441 Chamberlain..had been angered by the German annexation of Austria. 1982 K. L. Bradbury et al. Urban Decline & Future Amer. Cities iv. 102 Annexation..directly added the residents of the annexed area to the population of the city. 2000 Heritage Feb. 61/2 The Koh-i-Noor diamond was..presented to Queen Victoria in 1849 to mark the annexation of the Punjab. b. The action or process of adding or attaching a non-material thing as an attribute, condition, or consequence; an instance of this. Now rare. ΚΠ 1631 J. Burges Answer Reioyned 185 Humane Ceremonies..in respect of their annexation to actes of worship..are..partes of Gods Worship. 1654 H. Hammond Of Fundamentals in Misc. Theol. Wks. (1847) II. 180 All other Christian virtues will, by way of concomitance or annexation, attend them. 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. New Test. (ed. 2) 467 This sin..being only forbid by the Law without any annexation of punishment. 1765 London Mag. Oct. 501/2 That monopoly was vested in the king his heirs and successors, without any annexation, limitation or restraint. 1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism x. 447 The annexation of the threatened punishment to vicious acts. 1856 Rep. Court of Claims (U.S.) 115 He had no objection to the annexation of a penalty in either of the forms proposed. 1969 L. F. Sturge Town & Country Planning Act, 1968 iv. 29 By section 85 of the 1968 Act the provision for compulsory annexation of conditions restricting office space in a designated area is extended. c. The physical addition or attachment of one thing to another; the action of joining; the fact of being so joined. Also: the appending or subjoining of a document. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > joining together conjoiningc1386 joining1398 knittinga1420 accession1570 joindera1616 assemblage1728 annexation1765 association1775 1765 Act 5 Geo. III c. 12 §17 in Statutes at Large XXVI. 191 A seal upon wax, to be affixed on the part where such annexation shall be made. 1802 L. MacNally Rules of Evid. II. iii. v. 481 Without the annexation of the stamp, required by law, it was not negotiable. 1861 A. P. Stanley Lect. Eastern Church (1869) iii. 109 He, performing the annexation in the dark and in haste, had fixed the heads on the wrong shoulders. 1915 M. O. Hudson Prelim. Stock Subscription Agreements Missouri 56 We have actual, physical, and permanent annexation for a permanent purpose. 1980 V. S. Mani Internat. Adjudication vi. 220 Article 50(1)..speaks of annexation of ‘certified copies of any relevant documents’ to the pleadings. 2011 D. Wood et al. Law & Built Environment (ed. 2) iv. 176 Despite the extent of their [sc. printing machines'] physical annexation to the building they were nevertheless held to be chattels. 2. A thing which is annexed to another; an addition, an attachment; an adjunct, an appurtenance. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Annexe, an annexation, or thing annexed. 1668 tr. Articles of Peace between France & Spain iv. 6 The said Places,..their Balliwicks,..Appurtenancies, Dependancies and Annexations,..shall appertain..to the said Lord. 1750 W. Douglass Summary State Brit. Settlements N.-Amer. II. x. 74 The Assembly was desirous that the Polls and Estates of these Annexations should contribute to the Charge of Government. 1799 Llewellin III. xi. 354 He should forfeit all lawful presumption to title and its annexations. 1848 Knickerbocker Aug. 179 Let him step into the St. Charles, with its spacious free-stone ‘annexation’, and observe the new parlors and rooms. 1869 London Society May 413/1 It has been difficult to teach people not to choose a petticoat as a petticoat, but as an annexation to the gown. 1917 Alumni Q. (Univ. Illinois) 15 July 421/2 John Park..is architect for an annexation to the building. 1990 Population & Housing Unit Cost Mich. (U.S. Bureau Census) (1993) iii-4 Montmorency County—Annexations: Hillman village. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > [noun] > a combination combination?1533 composition1556 composure1609 composture1614 compound1621 annexationa1626 conjugation1626 complexiona1637 composta1640 consistence1641 conferrumination1647 compositum1652 copulation1774 amalgam1790 amalgamation1828 combo1929 a1626 F. Bacon Union of Eng. & Scotl. (1670) 61 To make one compounded Annexation..out of the Lands of both Nations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1455 |
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