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English Dictionary: append by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
append
v
  1. add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language"
    Synonym(s): append, add on, supplement, affix
  2. fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace"
    Synonym(s): append, tag on, tack on, tack, hang on
  3. state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"
    Synonym(s): add, append, supply
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Append \Ap*pend"\ ([acr]p*p[ecr]nd"), v. 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. append[emac]re, v. i., to hang to,
      append[ecr]re, v. t., to hang to; ad + pend[emac]re, v. i.,
      to hang, pend[ecr]re, 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.
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