appendant en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /əˈpɛndənt/
Etymology
From append + -ant.
Meanings
- Attached as an appendage.
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Annexed; concomitant.
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:a seal appendant to a paper
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most appendant | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more appendant | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |