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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Append \Ap*pend"\ ([a^]p*p[e^]nd"), verb (used with an object) [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. append[=e]re, verb (used without an object), to hang to, append[e^]re, verb (used with an object), to hang to; ad + pend[=e]re, verb (used without an object), to hang, pend[e^]re, verb (used with an object), 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.
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