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Appending

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ap⋅pend

  [uh-pend]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to add as a supplement, accessory, or appendix; subjoin: to append a note to a letter.
2. to attach or suspend as a pendant.
3. to sign a document with; affix: to append one's signature to a will.
Origin:
1640–50; < L appendere, equiv. to ap- ap1 + -pendere to hang (transit.)
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ap·pend   (ə-pěnd')   
tr.v.   ap·pend·ed, ap·pend·ing, ap·pends

  1. To add as a supplement or appendix: appended a list of errors to the report.

  2. To fix to; attach: append a charm to the bracelet.


[Latin appendere, to hang upon : ad-, ad- + pendere, to hang; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

append 
1646, "to hang on, attach as a pendant," from L. appendere "to cause to hang (from something), weigh," from ad- "to" + pendere "hang" (see pendant). Meaning "to attach as an appendix" is first recorded 1843. Appendage first recorded 1649.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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