append

Verb

WordNet 3.0

Verb (3)

  1. add to the very end“He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language”Synonyms: add onsupplementaffix
  2. fix to; attach“append a charm to the necklace”Synonyms: tag ontack ontackhang on
  3. state or say further“`It doesn't matter,' he supplied”Synonyms: addsupply
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]
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