Ap*pend" (ăp*pĕnd"), 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. 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.