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annect

annect verb: synonym of annex.

Verb

annect (third-person singular simple present annects, present participle annecting, simple past and past participle annected)

  1. (rare) Synonym of annex.
    • Firſte in his cõpariſon he pꝛeferreth nat befoꝛe daũſing / oꝛ ioyneth therto any viciouſe exerciſe / but annecteth it with tillynge and diggynge of the erthe / whiche be labours incident to mannes lyuynge / and in them is contained nothynge that is vicious.1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named The Gouernour, […], London: […] Tho. Bertheleti, folio 75, recto
    • GRegorie being then tranſlated from the citie Nazianzũ gouerned a certen litle church within yͤ walls of Cõſtantinople. vnto yͤ which yͤ Emperour afterwards annected a goodly temple ⁊ called it the reſurrectiõ. […] If it be any thing auaileable to annect the canon decreed in this behalfe vnto this...1577, Socrates Scholasticus, translated by Meredith Hanmer, “The Ecclesiasticall Historie of Socrates Scholasticus […]”, in The Auncient Ecclesiasticall Histories of the First Six Hundred Yeares...
    Synonyms:
    annex

Examples of annect in a sentence

  • It is united to it by golden rings at every corner, the like rings being annected to the Ephod; […]1737, Flavius Josephus, translated by William Whiston, “Flavius Josephus of the Antiquities of the Jews”, in The Genuine Works of Flavius...
  • The great vessels are annected to this part of the heart.1820, J[oseph] H[enry] Green, The Dissector’s Manual, London: […] [T]he Author; and sold by E. Cox, […], page 121:
  • Tristram’s original description, however, our specimen shows some rather important differences, and even his description will not entirely agree with the plate annected to it.1892, J[ohann] Büttikofer, “The specimens of the genus Tatare in the Leyden Museum”, in F[redericus] A[nna] Jentink, editor, Notes from the...

Synonyms of annect

Forms of annect

third-person singular presentannects
present participleannecting
past participleannected
pastannected

Origin of annect

From Middle English annecten, from Latin annectere.

Questions about annect

What does annect mean?
Annect means synonym of annex.
How do you use annect in a sentence?
It is united to it by golden rings at every corner, the like rings being annected to the Ephod; […]
What part of speech is annect?
Annect is a verb.
What is the past tense of annect?
The past tense of annect is annected.

Words near annect in the dictionary

  1. annealing
  2. annealings
  3. annealment
  4. annealments
  5. anneals
  6. annect
  7. annectant
  8. annectent
  9. Annecy
  10. anneh
  11. annehs

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