appendant

adjective ap·pen·dant \ə-ˈpen-dənt\

Definition of APPENDANT

: belonging as a right by prescription —used of annexed land in English law

: associated as an attendant circumstance

[append] : attached as an appendage <a seal appendant to a document>

— appendant noun

Origin of APPENDANT

Middle English, from Anglo-French apendaunt, present participle of apendre to belong, be subject, from Medieval Latin appendēre to be attached, belong to, from Latin, to be pending, from ad- + pendēre to hang (vi.)

First Known Use: 15th century

Rhymes with APPENDANT

ascendant, attendant, defendant, dependent, descendant, impendent, intendant, transcendent

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