append

Meanings

Verb

• To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended
• To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex
• To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object.

Noun

• An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.

Origin

• From Latin appendere, via Old French apendre, appendre, via Middle English appenden; from ad + pendere, equivalent to ad- + pend. Compare with Old English appenden, apenden. See also pendant.