Noah Webster
Annex
ANNEX', verb transitive [Latin annecto, annexum.]
1. To unite at the end; as to annex a codicil to a will. To subjoin, to affix.
2. To unite, as a smaller thing to a greater; as to annex a province to a kingdom.
3. To unite to something proceeding, as the main object; to connect with; as to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.
ANNEX', verb intransitive To join; to be united.