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Webster 1913 Edition


Append

Ap-pend′

(ăp-pĕnd′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Appended
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Appending
.]
[L.
appendere
or F.
appendre
: cf. OE.
appenden
,
apenden
, to belong, OF.
apendre
, F.
appendre
, fr. L.
appendēre
, v. i., to hang to,
appendĕre
, v. t., to hang to;
ad
+
pendēre
, v. i., to hang,
pendĕre
, v. t., to hang. See
Pendant
.]
1.
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.
2.
To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex;
as, notes
appended
to this chapter
.
A further purpose
appended
to the primary one.
I. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition


Append

APPEND'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. appendo, of ad and pendeo, to hand.]
1.
To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record.
2.
To add, as an accessory to the principal thing.

Definition 2024


append

append

English

Verb

append (third-person singular simple present appends, present participle appending, simple past and past participle appended)

  1. (transitive) 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.
  2. (transitive) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter.
  3. (computing) To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file or of a string.

Translations

Derived terms

Noun

append (plural appends)

  1. (computing) An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.

Anagrams

References

  • append in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Verb

append

  1. third-person singular present indicative of appendre