Associations to the word «Append»

Wiktionary

APPEND, verb. (transitive) 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.
APPEND, verb. (transitive) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter.
APPEND, verb. (computing) To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file or of a string.
APPEND, noun. (computing) An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.

Dictionary definition

APPEND, verb. Add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language".
APPEND, verb. Fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace".
APPEND, verb. State or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats