Hypertext Webster Gateway: "append"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

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

A further purpose appended to the primary one. --I.
Taylor.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

append
v 1: add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel
where he used an invented language" [syn: {add on}, {supplement},
{affix}]
2: fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace" [syn: {tag
on}, {tack on}, {hang on}]
3: state or say further; " `It doesn't matter,' " he supplied"
[syn: {add}, {supply}]


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