n. See Appanage. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Appended; p. pr. & vb. n. Appending. ] [ L. appendere or F. appendre: cf. OE. appenden, apenden, to belong, OF. apendre, F. appendre, fr. L. appendēre, v. i., to hang to, append&ebreve_;re, v. t., to hang to; ad + pendēre, v. i., to hang, pend&ebreve_;re, v. t., to hang. See Pendant. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter. [ 1913 Webster ]

A further purpose appended to the primary one. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house. [ 1913 Webster ]

Modesty is the appendage of sobriety. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates. [ 1913 Webster ]

Antennæ and other appendages used for feeling. Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Addition; adjunct; concomitant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with, or supplemented by, an appendage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] Something appendant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. appendant, p. pr. of appendre. See Append, v. t. ] 1. Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house. Wharton. Coke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. State of being appendant; appendance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or like an appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To append. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An appendage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. } [ Appendix + Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; excision. ] (Surg.) Excision of the vermiform appendix. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Med.) Inflammation of the vermiform appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. appendicula, dim. of. appendix. ] A small appendage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to an appendicle; appendiculate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvæ of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) An order of annelids; the Polychæta. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Appendicle. ] Having small appendages; forming an appendage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Appendiculate leaf, a small appended leaf. Withering. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Appendixes L. Appendices [ L. appendix, -dicis, fr. appendere. See Append. ] 1. Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Normandy became an appendix to England. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anatomy) The vermiform appendix. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Syn. -- See Supplement. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ NL. ] (Anat.) The vermiform appendix. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The act of appending. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To happen to. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A detachment or separation from a former connection. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Freed from a former connection or dependence; disconnected. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Happened p. pr. & vb. n. Happening. ] [ OE. happenen, hapnen. See Hap to happen. ] 1. To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out. [ 1913 Webster ]

There shall no evil happen to the just. Prov. xii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take place; to occur. [ 1913 Webster ]

All these things which had happened. Luke xxiv. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

To happen on, to meet with; to fall or light upon. “I have happened on some other accounts.” Graunt. --
To happen in, to make a casual call. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. something that happens; an occurrence; an event.
Syn. -- occurrence, natural event. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Specifically: An event that is particularly interesting, noteworthy, or important. [ PJC ]

3. An artistic or entertainment event that is unconventional, sometimes discontinuous, designed to evoke strong emotions, and sometimes involving participation by the audience. [ PJC ]

v. i. To happen ill or unluckily. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other animals during hibernation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Waped, Wapper. ] A word of doubtful meaning used once by Shakespeare. [ 1913 Webster ]

This [ gold ] is it [ 1913 Webster ]

That makes the wappen'd widow wed again. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is conjectured by some that it is an error for wappered, meaning tremulous or exhausted. [ 1913 Webster ]