Append
[ə'pend] or [ə'pɛnd]
Definition
(verb.) fix to; attach; 'append a charm to the necklace'.
(verb.) add to the very end; 'He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language'.
Typist: Margery--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter.
Editor: Maureen
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Hang or attach.[2]. Add, subjoin, join, annex, affix, superadd, tag, tack.
Inputed by Ferdinand
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Affix, supplement, subjoin, attach
ANT:Separate, disengage, disconnect, detach
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Definition
v.t. to hang one thing to another: to add.—n. Append′age something appended.—adj. Append′ant attached annexed consequent.—n. an adjunct quality.—n. Appendicī′tis inflammation of the vermiform appendix of the céŽum.—adj. Appendic′ular of the nature of or belonging to an appendix.—n. Appendiculā′ria a genus of Ascidians whose members retain the larval vertebrate characters which are lost in the more or less degenerate sea-squirts.—adj. Appendic′ulate furnished with appendages.—n. Append′ix something appended or added: a supplement: an addition to a book or document containing matter explanatory but not essential to its completeness: (anat.) a process prolongation or projection:—pl. Append′ixes Append′ices.—Appendix auricul the appendix of the auricle of the heart; Appendices epiploic saccular processes containing fat attached to the serous covering of the large intestine; Appendix vermiformis or Vermiform appendix a blind process terminating the céŽum in man.
Typist: Steven
Examples
- We herewith append a number of fire-extinguishing compounds, all of which are highly recommended by various authorities: =Munich Fire-Extinguishing Powder. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Against this there were double lines drawn in red ink, and the following note was appended to them-- Not admissible. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It is quite open to the reader to divide every number in the appended time diagram by ten or multiply it by two; no one can gainsay him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I've been making a new will, Mr. Osborne said, to which these gentlemen appended their names accordingly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- If there's any difference, Grandfer is younger, appended Fairway decisively. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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