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append

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/ əˈpɛnd /
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verb (used with object)

to add as a supplement, accessory, or appendix; subjoin: to append a note to a letter.
to attach or suspend as a pendant.
to sign a document with; affix: to append one's signature to a will.

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RELATED WORDS

affix, annex, fix, conjoin, hang, attach, supplement, adjoin, fasten, subjoin

Nearby words

appellation contrôlée, appellative, appellatively, appellee, appellor, append, appendage, appendages of eye, appendages of skin, appendant, appendectomy

Origin of append

1640–50; < Latin appendere, equivalent to ap- ap-1 + -pendere to hang (transitive)
Related formsmis·ap·pend·ed, adjectiveun·ap·pend·ed, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for append

append

/ (əˈpɛnd) /

verb (tr)

to add as a supplementto append a footnote
to attach; hang on

Word Origin for append

C15: from Late Latin appendere to hang (something) from, from Latin pendere to hang
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