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单词 appendant
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appendant

or ap·pend·ent

[ uh-pen-duhnt ]
/ əˈpɛn dənt /

adjective

attached or suspended; annexed.
associated as an accompaniment or consequence: the salary appendant to a position.
Law. pertaining to a legal appendant.

noun

a person or thing attached or added.
Law. any subordinate possession or right historically annexed to or dependent on a greater one and automatically passing with it, as by sale or inheritance.

Origin of appendant

1350–1400; Middle English ap(p)endaunt (in legal sense) <Anglo-French, present participle of apendre to belong (to), befit <Medieval Latin appendēre, equivalent to Latin ap-ap-1 + pendēre to hang (intransitive); later senses by association with append

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Words nearby appendant

'appen, append, appendage, appendages of eye, appendages of skin, appendant, appendectomy, appendiceal, appendiceal abscess, appendicectomy, appendices
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British Dictionary definitions for appendant

appendant
/ (əˈpɛndənt) /

adjective

attached, affixed, or added
attendant or associated as an accompaniment or result
a less common word for pendent
law relating to another right

noun

a person or thing attached or added
property law a subordinate right or interest, esp in or over land, attached to a greater interest and automatically passing with the sale of the latter
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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