annexmentn.
/əˈnɛksm(ə)nt/, /aˈnɛksm(ə)nt/, /ˈanɛksm(ə)nt/, U.S. /æˈnɛksmənt/, /əˈnɛksmənt/, /ˈæˌnɛksmənt/ 1. A thing which is annexed to another; an addition, an appendix, an adjunct. Now rare.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > accompaniment > [noun] > that which accompanies
purtenancea1382
accessory1429
retinue?a1439
accessaryc1475
companion1533
annexe?1541
hanger-ona1555
supply1567
copemate1581
complement1586
fere1593
adjective1597
annexment1604
annexary1605
attendant1607
adherence1610
adjacent1610
wife1616
fellower1620
coincident1626
attendancy1654
associate1658
appanage1663
conjunct1667
perquisite1667
familiar1668
satellite1702
accompaniment1709
accompanying1761
side dish1775
obbligato1825
shadow1830
rider1859
gadget1917
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iii. 21 When it [sc. majesty] falls, Each small annexment petty consequence Attends the boystrous raine. View more context for this quotation
1775 H. Barry Strictures on Friendly Addr. Examined 9 His annexment that they desert upon every occasion is not better grounded in fact.
1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 174 Publishing it..as an Annexment to the ‘Elements of Discourse’.
1858 F. Rowcroft Let. 15 Jan. in Accts. & Papers House of Commons (1860) 50 111 I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter,..with the annexments on the subject of captured property.
1900 J. Ricalton India through Stereoscope 284 A fenestral conglomeration out of harmony with the annexment.
1963 D. E. S. Maxwell Amer. Fiction i. 52 The old forms, responding to new annexments, assume new capacities.
2. The action or fact of annexing something, esp. territory, property, etc.; annexation.
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the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > annexation
annexation1455
annexion1459
annexing1573
annexment1762
1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. V. 24 It..was for ever annexed to the board-lands of the archbishopric and incorporated with it, which annexment and incorporation was confirmed in 1575.
1804 S. T. Coleridge Let. 20 Feb. (1956) II. 1072 [He] christened it in your [sc. Southey's] name, not without some annexment of me & Wordsworth.
1896 Gazette (Montreal) 5 Dec. 12/3 The identification of the hat, its annexment by Inspector Marsh..seemed more conclusively to point to crime..on Walter's part.
1930 Daily Commerc. News & Shipping List (Sydney) 15 Mar. 4/2 The annexment of islands in the Southern Ocean which are adaptable for wireless stations or for the collection of meteorological data, is permissible.
2015 Hillsdale Collegian (Hillsdale College, Michigan) 12 Feb. a6/6 Representatives from the Village of North Adams requested annexment of three properties in Hillsdale County to North Adams.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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