different between prepend vs appurtenance

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???p?nd/

  Rhymes: -?nd

Etymology 1

From pre- + (ap)pend, by analogy with append.

Verb

prepend (third-person singular simple present prepends, present participle prepending, simple past and past participle prepended)

1. (computing, linguistics, transitive) To attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix.

Translations

Noun

prepend (plural prepends)

1. The act of prepending.

See also

• append
• postpend
• prefix
• postfix

Etymology 2

From pre- +? Latin pendere (“weigh”).

Verb

prepend (third-person singular simple present prepends, present participle prepending, simple past and past participle prepended)

1. (rare, transitive) To premeditate; to weigh up mentally.

Anagrams

• perpend

English

Alternative forms

• appertainance (dated)
• appurtenaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English appurtenaunce, from Anglo-Norman apurtenance and Old French apartenance, from apartenir, from Latin appertine? (“I belong, I appertain”). Equivalent to appertain +? -ance. More at appertain.

Pronunciation

• (Northern California, US)

Noun

appurtenance (plural appurtenances)

1. An appendage to something else; an addition.
2. (in the plural) Equipment used for some specific task; gear.
3. The thing to which another pertains.
4. (law) Minor property, such as an outhouse, that passes with the main property when it is sold.

   Synonym: contenement

5. (grammar) A modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses belonging.

Related terms

• appertain

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