*nex*

v. i. To join; to be united. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. annexe, L. annexus, neut. annexum, p. p. of annectere. ] Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. annexation. See Annex, v. t. ] 1. The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (a) (Law) The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who favors annexation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who annexes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. annexio a tying to, connection: cf. F. annexion. ] Annexation. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An annexationist. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of annexing, or the thing annexed; appendage. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To annex with something else. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. connexus, p. p. See Connect. ] To connect. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. connexio: cf. F. connexion. ] Connection. See Connection. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Connective. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Same as Dornick. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To disunite; to undo or repeal the annexation of. State Trials (1608). [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. in- not + connexed (p. p. of connex) + -ly. ] Not connectedly; without connection. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + exact: cf. F. inexact. ] Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Inexactness; uncertainty; as, geographical inexactitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something inexact; an instance of an inexact statement, measurement, etc.; as, in two minutes the senator has produced a dozen inexactitudes. [ PJC ]

adv. In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Incorrectness; lack of exactness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being inexcitable; insusceptibility to excitement. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inexcitabilis from which one cannot be aroused. See In- not, and Excite. ] Not susceptible of excitement; dull; lifeless; torpid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inexcusabilis: cf. F. inexcusable. See Excuse. ] Not excusable; not admitting excuse or justification; as, inexcusable folly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest; for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. Rom. ii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being inexcusable; enormity beyond forgiveness. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With a degree of guilt or folly beyond excuse or justification. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inexcusably obstinate and perverse. Jortin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That can not be execrated enough. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + executable: cf. F. inexécutable. ] Incapable of being executed or performed; impracticable; infeasible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. in- not + execution: cf. F. inexécution. ] Neglect of execution; nonperformance; as, the inexecution of a treaty. Spence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of exertion; lack of effort; defect of action; indolence; laziness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of being exhaled. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + exhausted: cf. F. inexhaustus. ] Not exhausted; not emptied; not spent; not having lost all strength or resources; unexhausted. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Without exhaustion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being inexhaustible; abundance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing; not to be wasted or spent; as, inexhaustible stores of provisions; an inexhaustible stock of elegant words. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

An inexhaustible store of anecdotes. Macaulay.

-- In`ex*haust"i*ble*ness, n. -- In`ex*haust"i*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inexhaustible. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Pref. in- in + exist. ] To exist within; to dwell within. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Substances inexisting within the divine mind. A. Tucker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. inexistant. See 1st Inexistent. ] Inexistent; nonexistent; not existing. [ Obs. ] Gudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. in- in + existence. ] [ Obs. ] (a) Inherence; subsistence. Bp. Hall. (b) That which exists within; a constituent. A. Tucker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. in- in + existence: cf. F. inexistence. ] Lack of being or existence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- in + existent: cf. F. inexistant. ] Not having being; not existing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- in + existent. ] Inherent; innate; indwelling. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inexorabilitas: cf. F. inexorabilité. ] The quality of being inexorable, or unyielding to entreaty. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inexorabilis: cf. F. inexorable. See In- not, and Exorable, Adore. ] Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless; -- of people and impersonal forces; as, an inexorable prince or tyrant; an inexorable judge; the inexorable advance of a glacier. “Inexorable equality of laws.” Gibbon. “Death's inexorable doom.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

You are more inhuman, more inexorable,
O, ten times more than tigers of Hyrcania. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being inexorable. Chillingworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inexorable manner; inflexibly. “Inexorably firm.” Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of expansion, enlargement, or extension. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not to be expected or anticipated. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not expectant. C. Bronté. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Absence of expectation. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]