Both Uses of
annex
in
The Communist Manifesto
- The world of the German literate consisted solely in bringing the new French ideas into harmony with their ancient philosophical conscience, or rather, in annexing the French ideas without deserting their own philosophic point of view.†
annexing = taking territory
- This annexation took place in the same way in which a foreign language is appropriated, namely, by translation.†
*annexation = the process of taking territory
Definitions:
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(1)
(annex as in: annexed the community) to take territory and make it part of a larger territory -- such as a city making land outside of it a part of the city
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(2)
(annex as in: annex of the main building) an addition that extends a main building
or:
to attach something -- especially to something larger or more important - (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)