append

The definition of append is to make an addition to something by attachment.

(verb)

An example of something you can append is a supplementary piece of documentation to your mortgage paperwork.

To append is defined as to sign your name.

(verb)

An example of something you can append is a letter.

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See append in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to attach or affix; add as a supplement or appendix

Origin: ME appenden < OFr apendre < L appendere < ad-, to + pendere, hang: see spin

See append in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb ap·pend·ed, ap·pend·ing, ap·pends
  1. To add as a supplement or appendix: appended a list of errors to the report.
  2. To fix to; attach: append a charm to the bracelet.

Origin:

Origin: Latin appendere, to hang upon

Origin: : ad-, ad-

Origin: + pendere, to hang; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots

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