append

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Latin appendere or French appendre: compare with Old English appenden, apenden (to belong), Old French apendre, French appendre, from Latin appendēre (to hang to (intransitive)), appendêre (to hang to (transitive)); ad + pendēre (to hang (intransitive)), pendere (to hang (transitive)). See pendant.

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to append

Third person singular
appends

Simple past
appended

Past participle
appended

Present participle
appending

to append (third-person singular simple present appends, present participle appending, simple past and past participle appended)

  1. (transitive) 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. (transitive) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter.


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