APPENDANT


Meaning of APPENDANT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈpen-dənt ]

adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French apendaunt, present participle of apendre to belong, be subject, from Medieval Latin appendēre to be attached, belong to, from Latin, to be pending, from ad- + pendēre to hang (intransitive verb)

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.