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ap·pend·ant
I. \-dənt\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English appendaunt, apendaunt, from Middle French apendant, from Old French, present participle of apendre
1. : associated as an attendant circumstance or consequence
< as they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity — Jeremy Taylor >
2. : annexed or belonging as a right — used in English law of certain ancient immemorial rights in land (as an advowson or common) that are annexed to the land of the persons claiming them
3. : attached as an appendage : annexed
< the governor of a colony has jurisdiction within the appendant protectorate — Martin Wight >
< a seal appendant to a document >
II. noun
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1. : an appendant inheritance or right
2. : appendage |