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Meaning of APPEND

Pronunciation:  u'pend

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"
  2. [v]  fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace"
  3. [v]  add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language"
 

APPEND is a 6 letter word that starts with A.

 

 Synonyms: add, add on, affix, hang on, supplement, supply, tack, tack on, tag on
 
 See Also: annex, attach, insert, say, slip in, sneak in, state, stick in, subjoin, tell, toss in

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ap*pend"\ ([a^]p*p[e^]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[=e]re, v. i., to hang to,
append[e^]re, v. t., to hang to; ad + pend[=e]re, v. i., to
hang, pend[e^]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.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: add, adjoin, affix, agglutinate, annex, attach, burden, complicate, conjoin, decorate, encumber, glue on, hitch on, infix, join with, ornament, paste on, plus, postfix, prefix, put with, saddle with, slap on, subjoin, suffix, superadd, superpose, tack on, tag, tag on, take on, unite with
 

 

 

 

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