annexation
noun
the act or an instance of annexing, or adding to something larger, especially the incorporation of new territory into the domain of a city, country, or state.
reannexation
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a word derived from
annexation.
Example Sentences
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Polk would triumph in November by calling for “the reannexation of Texas and the reoccupation of Oregon,” slipping past Henry Clay by a mere 39,000 votes out of nearly 2.6 million cast.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
The Emperor, however, has not relinquished the idea of effecting a reannexation of the territory of Dominica to Hayti.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various
In this letter he came out boldly for the "reannexation of Texas and the reoccupation of Oregon,"—all Oregon.
From Expansion and Conflict by William E. Dodd
The annexation treaty was held back in the American Senate until the Democratic Convention of 1844 had declared Texan annexation rejected for the reannexation of Texas.
From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Edwin Emerson
This opinion, however, was not yet embraced by the cabinet of London; and great exertions were still to be made for the reannexation of the American states to the British empire.
From The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall
