Coannexing

/koʊəˈnɛksɪŋ/ verb

Definition

Present participle of coannex; the act of jointly annexing or attaching.

Etymology

Present participle form of coannex, formed by adding -ing to the verb stem.

Kelly Says

The gerund form 'coannexing' allowed political writers to describe territorial expansion as an ongoing process of mutual agreement, even when reality was far more complicated and one-sided.

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