Appending

Appending
Append Ap*pend" ([a^]p*p[e^]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appending}.] [L. appendere or F. appendre: cf. OE. appenden, apenden, to belong, OF. apendre, F. appendre, fr. L. append[=e]re, v. i., to hang to, append[e^]re, v. t., to hang to; ad + pend[=e]re, v. i., to hang, pend[e^]re, v. t., to hang. See {Pendant}.] 1. To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column. [1913 Webster]

2. To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter. [1913 Webster]

A further purpose appended to the primary one. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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