annex
verb (used with object)
to attach, append, or add, especially to something larger or more important.
had been annexing
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past perfect progressiveof annex.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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France, which had been annexing islands in the South Seas, made amends for indignities visited on British residents in Tahiti by her naval representatives.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 by Various
