Obs. Also 6 connix. [a. F. connexe-r = It. connessare:—L. type *connexāre, freq. of co(n)nectĕre, ppl. stem connex- (cōnex-): see CONNECT, which took the place of this in the 17th c. So French connexer (15th to 17th c.), is now superseded by connecter. Cf. ANNEX v.]
1. To join or fasten together; to CONNECT.
1547. Boorde, Brev. Health, xxii. 14 b. The soule also is a creature made with man and connexed to man.
1578. Banister, Hist. Man, V. 83. Some [vessels] … are connixed together.
1665. Manley, Grotius’ Low C. Warres, 705. To connex and joyn together Works and Ways far distant each from other.
1699. J. Dickenson, Jrnl. of Trav., 68. This Stone is only sand and small shells connexed together.
2. To connect logically, or practically. Chiefly pass.
1541. R. Copland, Galyen’s Terapeutyke, Pref. 2 Aj b. The parties of the art of Medycyne … ben such wyse cowpled & connexed togyther.
1662. J. Chandler, Van Helmont’s Oriat., 119. Their effects shall of necessity be connexed to their causes.
1691. Beverley, Thous. Years Kingd. Christ, 34. The seven Trumpets … being so Connext with the Seals.
1857. Sat. Rev., III. 288/2. Which … is only connexed with the general purport of the book by the binder.
b. intr. = CONNECT 5.
1579. J. Field, trans. Calvin’s Serm., Ded. Joyning and connixing so neere with Anabaptists.
