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 append is defined as to sign your name.
An example of something you can append is a letter.
YourDictionary
The definition of append is to make an addition to something by attachment.
An example of something you can append is a supplementary piece of documentation to your mortgage paperwork.
YourDictionary
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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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