Append Definition
ə-pĕnd
appended, appending, appends
verb
appended, appending, appends
To add as a supplement or appendix.
Appended a list of errors to the report.
American Heritage
To attach or affix; add as a supplement or appendix.
Webster's New World
To fix to; attach.
Append a charm to the bracelet.
American Heritage
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.
Wiktionary
To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter.
Wiktionary
noun
(computing) An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.
Wiktionary
Origin of Append
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From Latin appendere (“to hang up, suspend on, pay out”) via Old French apendre, appendre; from ad (“on, upon, against”) + pendere (“to suspend, hang”). Compare with Old English appenden, apenden (“to belong”), See also pendant.
From Wiktionary
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Latin appendere to hang upon ad- ad- pendere to hang (s)pen- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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