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aneignen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • annex noun A separate or attached building added to a larger one.
  • appropriate adj Suitable or correct for a particular situation.

Senses

aneignen is used for these senses in English:

  • annex To add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate.
  • appropriate (transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
  • appropriate (transitive, archaic) To make suitable to; to suit.

annex — full definition

  1. noun A separate or attached building added to a larger one.
  2. noun A section added to the end of a document, listing extra material.
  3. verb To take control of territory and incorporate it into one's own country, typically by force.

appropriate — full definition

  1. adj Suitable or correct for a particular situation.
  2. verb To take something for one's own use, often without permission.

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