单词 | annexion |
释义 | annexionn. Now nonstandard and somewhat rare; the more usual term is now annexation. 1. The action or process of annexing something, now esp. land or territory; annexation. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > annexation annexation1455 annexion1459 annexing1573 annexment1762 1459 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1459 §29. m. 7 Kyng Edward the IIIde..made to and for his said furstbegoten sonne, grauntes, ordinaunces, annexions and unions. 1473–4 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 2nd Roll §7. m. 19 Union or annexion of the same countie palatyne to the seid duchie. 1559 Primer in Priv. Prayers (1851) 11 If the confuse maner of praiyng bee somewhat holpen with the feloship or annexion of vnderstandyng. 1594 E. Aggas tr. Order of Ceremonies Coronation King of France sig. B2 The French Kings hath since this annexion vouchsafed to represent the six Peeres and Payries by so many Princes and Lords attendant about their parsons. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. v. 294/2 To seeke the annexion thereof to his owne Kingdome. 1668 H. More Two Last Dialogues v. x. 285 This signifies the Adnexion of..Periods of times to the Ministry of the Angelicall Hosts. 1727 J. Lewis Hist. & Antiq. Abbey & Church of Favresham ii. 34 Impropriations or Annexions of Parsonages. a1783 J. Scott Crit. Ess. Eng. Poets (1785) viii. 248 Poet is an appellation frequently used, without the annexion of its precise idea. 1841 H. Doherty Introd. Eng. Gram. viii. 99 The hyphen is..used to indicate the annexion of two words joined together in one compound unity. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. before Univ. Oxf. v. 99 The nation is one of those natural wholes to which man belongs, as the family is another. He is annexed to it; and a sentiment arises out of that annexion. 1922 E. P. Oberholtzer Hist. U.S. since Civil War II. xii. 235 The annexion of tropical lands which contained populations not easy to assimilate. 1996 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) (Nexis) 25 July 8 The EU's tough stance on Indonesia's annexion of East Timor. 2. A thing (now esp. a territory) which is annexed, attached, or appended; an addition or attachment; an adjunct. ΚΠ 1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. K4v These tallents of their heir..With th'annexions of faire gems inricht. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) vii. 418 Which Traditions the Pharisees did not recommend as commentaries only..but as necessary annexions unto the Law. 1748 A. Hill in S. Richardson Corr. (1804) I. 129 Every thing [is] unsimple that has foreign and unnatural annexions. 1757 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies 110 They look upon it [sc. Bombay] as an annexion to Salsett that is wanting to compleat their conquest of the coast. 1849 D. F. Campbell tr. A. Thiers Hist. Consulate & Empire France XIII. xxix. 216 Kehl and Cassel as indispensable annexions to the fortresses of Strasburg and Mayence. 1879 Engineering 28 Feb. 173/3 The foot plate and the trailing buffer beam, these latter annexions being of much service in insuring the ‘squareness’ of the frames. 1997 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 4 Mar. 12 France's last territorial annexion was the country of Nice and Savoy in 1860. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1459 |
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