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Annex: Definition and part of speech

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Annex

  1. n. Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.
  2. v. t. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; — followed by to.
  3. v. t. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.
  4. v. t. To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.
  5. v. i. To join; to be united.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Annexation: Definition and part of speech

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Annexation

  1. v. t. 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.
  2. v. t. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Annealing: Definition and part of speech

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Annealing

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Anneal
  2. n. The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Anneal: Definition and part of speech

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Anneal

  1. v. t. To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them.
  2. v. t. To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.