Meaning

3 senses
  1. Attached as an appendage.

    affixed as an appendage

  2. Annexed; concomitant.

    a seal appendant to a paper

  3. 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.

Origin

From append + -ant.

From append + -ant.

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Forms

more appendant, most appendant
Comparativemore appendant Lesson
Superlativemost appendant Lesson

regular

Word family

2 related words
Relatedappend

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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