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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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
append
verb
1: add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language" [syn: {add on}, {supplement}, {affix}]
2: fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace" [syn: {tag on}, {tack on}, {tack}, {hang on}]
3: state or say further; "'It doesn't matter,' he supplied" [syn: {add}, {supply}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "append": add, adjoin, affix, agglutinate, annex, attach, burden, complicate, conjoin, decorate, encumber, glue on, hitch on, infix, join with, ornament, paste on, plus, postfix, prefix, put with, saddle with, slap on, subjoin, suffix, superadd, superpose, tack on, tag, tag on, take on, unite with
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