append

Append, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appended; p. pr. & vb. n. Appending.]

Etymology: [L. appendere or F. appendre: cf. OE. appenden, apenden, to belong, OF. apendre, F. appendre, fr. L. append, v. i., to hang to, append, v. t., to hang to; ad + pend, v. i., to hang, pend, 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.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for append; he lists it under add.

Where he writes about it:

A speaker may amplify a discourse by a fuller treatment throughout than was originally planned, or he may append or subjoin certain remarks without change of what has gone before. — from add

Synonyms

add adjoin affix amplify annex attach augment cast up enlarge extend increase join on make up subjoin sum up

Antonyms

abstract deduct diminish dissever lessen reduce remove subtract withdraw

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