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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Appendix \Ap*pen"dix\, n.; pl. E. {Appendixes}, L. {Appendices}.
[L. appendix, -dicis, fr. appendere. See {Append}.]
1. Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or
concomitant.
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Normandy became an appendix to England. --Sir M.
Hale.
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2. Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily
essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from
supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and
correct inaccuracies.
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3. (Anatomy) The vermiform appendix.
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Syn: See {Supplement}.
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