Ap-pĕnd', v. t.
[imp. & p. p. APPENDED; p. pr. & vb. n. APPENDING.] [Lat. appendere, to weigh to, and appendere, to hang to, from ad and pendere, pendere, to weigh, to hang; Fr. appendre, Pr. apendre.]
Sense 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.
Sense 2. To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex.
There is a further purpose appended to the primary one. I. Taylor.