annexation

annexation is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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. transitive verb. 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.
3. 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"

4. noun. incorporation by joining or uniting

   Synonyms: appropriation

Synonyms

appropriation

Common word forms

annexations, annexational

Words from these letters

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