ap·pend

[uh-pend]
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; < Latin appendere, equivalent to ap- ap1 + -pendere to hang (transitive)

Related forms
mis·ap·pend·ed, adjective
un·ap·pend·ed, adjective
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append (əˈpɛnd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb
1.  to add as a supplement: to append a footnote
2.  to attach; hang on
 
[C15: from Late Latin appendere to hang (something) from, from Latin pendere to hang]

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append
1640s, "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.
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Example sentences
In my discipline it is typical to append citations of reviews an abbreviated
  form.
Then, for each site append the first three letters of the name of the site.
Then append the verified evidence or follow up provided by the aggrieved party.
Feel free to append any of your own imagined notes in the comments.
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