appendant
/əˈpɛndənt/
appendant adjective: attached as an appendage.
Adjective
appendant (comparative more appendant, superlative most appendant)
- Attached as an appendage.
- Annexed; concomitant.
- a seal appendant to a paper
- As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity.1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC
- 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.
- If A. be ſeiſed of a mannor whereunto the franchiſe of waife and ſtray and ſuch like are appendant, and the King purchaſeth the mannor with the appurtenances, now are the royall Franchiſes reunited to the Crowne, and not appendant to the Mannor, […]1628, Edw[ard] Coke, The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for the Societe of Stationers, →OCLC, book 2, chapter 11, section 184, folio 121, verso
Noun
appendant (plural appendants)
- Anything attached to something else as incidental or subordinate to it.
- An inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.
appendant meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
appendant in Tamil
- அண்டியிருப்பவர், அடுத்துள்ள பொருள், துணைப்பண்பு, இயல்பு
appendant in Urdu
- مُلحِق, تابع, ضَمنی, حاشِیَہ, لَٹَکتا ہُوا
appendant in Bengali
- সংযোজনী হিসেবে সংযুক্ত, সংযুক্ত, সহগামী, ব্যবস্থাপত্র দ্বারা সংযুক্ত, অ্যাডভাউসন, কমন ইত্যাদি
Forms of appendant
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more appendant |
| superlative | most appendant |
| Noun | |
| plural | appendants |
Origin of appendant
From append + -ant.
Words formed from appendant
Phrases with appendant
Questions about appendant
- What does appendant mean?
- Appendant means attached as an appendage.
- What is appendant in Tamil?
- Appendant in Tamil is அண்டியிருப்பவர், அடுத்துள்ள பொருள், துணைப்பண்பு. See Appendant meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is appendant?
- Appendant can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce appendant?
- Appendant is pronounced /əˈpɛndənt/.
Words near appendant in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: appendant (page history and authors); appendant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); appendant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); appendant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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