APPEND

add, append, supply

(verb) state or say further; “‘It doesn’t matter,’ he supplied”

append, tag on, tack on, tack, hang on

(verb) fix to; attach; “append a charm to the necklace”

append, add on, supplement, affix

(verb) add to the very end; “He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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

(transitive) To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended

(transitive) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex

(computing) To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object.

Noun

append (plural appends)

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

Anagrams

• napped

Source: Wiktionary


Ap*pend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appended; p. pr. & vb. n. Appending.] Etym: [L. appendere or F. appendre: cf. OE. appenden, apenden, to belong, OF. apendre, F. appendre, fr. L. append, v. i., to hang to, append, v. t., to hang to; ad + pend, v. i., to hang, pend, 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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