annectent (anektent)

[L. L. annecten(t-)s, ppr. of annectere: see annex, v.] Annexing; connecting or joining one thing with another. zoological term, applied those animals or groups of animals which link two or more varieties, families, cla es, etc., together. It appears probable that they [ Gasterotricha ] form an annectent group between the Rotifer a and the Turbellaria. Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 171. Annectent gyrus. See gyrus . lat a. Annelata (an-e-lā'tä), n. pl. Same as Annelannelid, annelide (an'e-lid), n. and a. I. n. One of the Annelid a or Ann elides. Also anneloid. II. a. Of or pertaining to the Annelid a or Ann elides. Also annelidan , annelid i an. Annelid a (a-nel'i-da), n. pl. [NL. (with single I after F. annelés, pp. pl., ringed), prop. Annel lid a, Errant i a, etc., the free sea-worms; and (4) Čephalo branchia, Tubicolæ, etc., the tubicolous sea-worms. Another scheme divides Annelid a into four subcla es: (1) Arch i annelid a, composed of the genus Polygordius and its allies; (2) Chatopoda, including (2), (3), and (4) of the forego ing schedule; (3) Hirudinea or Discophora; and (4) Entero pneusta, consisting of the genus Bal a no glo us, which some authorities cla with the ascidians or Chord at a. IMG:content-0786.png:[blocks in formation] annelidan (a-nel'i-dan), n. and a. [ Annelid a + -an.] Same as annelid . annelide, n. and a. See annelid. Ann elides (a-nel'i-dēz), n. pl. [NL. (F. pl.): see Annelid a .] 1. Red-blooded worms. La- marck .-2. Invertebrate animals that have red divided into Tubicolæ, Dors i branch i at a, and blood; the first cla of articulated animals, A branchia . Also anneloid . annelism (an'e-lizm), n. [As annel (id) + -ism .] In zoöl ., annelidan or ringed structure or con- dition. The great band-worm is... of this low type of annel- Hartwig , The Sea, xii. ism. +-oid.] I. a . Same as annelid ous . II. n. Same as annelid . annet1 (an'et), n. [E. dial., also written an- nett ; origin uncertain.] The kittiwake gull, Larus tridactyl us or Ri a tridactyl a . See kitti- wake. [Local British.] annet2t, n. Same as annat . annex (a-neks'), v. t.; pret. and pp. annexed (also an next ), ppr. annexing . [ anexen , annexer , annex are , freq. form of L. annectere, adnectere , pp. annex us , adnexus , tie or bind to, join, ad , to, + nectere , bind, akin to Skt. nah , bind. Cf. connect.] 1. To attach at the end; subjoin; affix: as, to annex a codicil to a will. In law , it implies physical connection, which, however, is often dispensed with when not reasonably practicable. 2. To unite, as a smaller thing to a greater; join; make an integral part of; as, to annex a It is an invariable maxim, that every acquisition of for- eign territory is at the absolute disposal of the king; and unle he annex it to the realm, it is no part of it. A. Hamilton, Works, II. 65. For next to Death is Sleepe to be compared; Therefore his house is unto his an next. Spenser, F. Q., II. vii. 25. 3. To attach, especially as an attribute, a condition, or a consequence: as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition. Next to sorrow still I may annex such accidents as procure fear. Burton , Anat. of Mel., p. 221. Barrow , Sermons, III. xviii. Industry hath annexed thereto the fairest fruits and the richest rewards. I desire no stronger proof that an opinion must be false, than to find very great absurdities annexed to it. Swift , Sent. of Ch. of Eng. Man, ii. The Book Annexed, an edition of the American Book of Common Prayer, containing alterations proposed by a committee of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church appointed in 1880 and reporting in 1883. This edition was was described as the "book which is annexed as a schedule" to the report. Some of the changes proposed became part of the Prayer-Book in 1886; others remained for further consideration or ratification in 1889. =Syn. Add, Affix, Attach. See add and list under affix. annex (a-neks' or an'eks), n. [ To which I add these two annexes. atio (n-), annihilationism annex, v.] 1. The act of annexing or uniting at the end; the act of adding, as a smaller thing to a greater; the act of connecting; conjunction; addition: as, the annexation of Texas to the United States. -2. That which is annexed or added. Pre-eminent among them [Roman conquests] stand the annexations of Pompeius in Syria, of the elder Cæsar in Gaul, of the younger Cæsar in Egypt. E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 329. 3. In law: (a) The attachment of chattels to a freehold, freehold, in such a manner as to give them the character of fixtures. (b) In Scots law, the appropriating of church lands to the crown, or the union of lands lying at a distance from the kirk to which they belong to the kirk which is nearest to them. annexational (an-eks-a's hon-al), a. [ of annexation. The strong annexational fever which now rages. The Nation , April 8, 1869, p. 267.