append

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to add something at the end of a document, list, or data structure

   Please append your signature to the end of the letter.

2. 2
   verb

   to attach or hang one thing from another

   A wax seal was appended to the official document.

3. 3
   verb

   to add a further statement or remark

   The editor appended a brief note explaining the correction.

From Middle English appenden, through Old French apendre from Latin appendere, 'to hang upon.' The Latin verb combines ad-, 'to or upon,' with pendere, 'to hang.' The modern sense of adding text or data developed from attaching one thing to another.

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