adj.
Pronunciation: ə - ' pen-d ə nt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French apendaunt, present participle of apendre to belong, be subject, from Medieval Latin append ē re to be attached, belong to, from Latin, to be pending, from ad- + pend ē re to hang (vi.)
Date: 15th century
1 : belonging as a right by prescription ― used of annexed land in English law
2 : associated as an attendant circumstance
3 [ append ] : attached as an appendage <a seal appendant to a document>
– appendant noun