annectent

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adjective

Serving to connect or annex.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

adjectiveannectent (comparative more annectent, superlative most annectent)

comparative more annectent · superlative most annectent

  1. Serving to connect or annex.

    1840-1845, Richard Owen, Odontography this existing annectent genus is allied to the perennibranchiate Batrachians

Origin

  1. Latinannectere“to tie or bind to”
  2. Englishannectent

From Latin annectere (“to tie or bind to”). See annex.

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APA

annectent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annectent

MLA

“annectent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annectent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “annectent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annectent.

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