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<h1>Appellatory</h1> <Xpage=71>

<hw>Ap*pel"la*tory</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>appellatorius</ets>, fr. <ets>appellare</ets>.]</ety> <def>Containing an appeal.</def>

<blockquote>An <b>appellatory</b> libel ought to contain the name of the party appellant. <i>Ayliffe.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Appellee</h1> <Xpage=71>

<hw>Ap`pel*lee"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>appel\'82</ets>, p. p. of <ets>appeler</ets>, fr. L. <ets>appellare</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The defendant in an appeal; -- opposed to <contr>appellant</contr>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The person who is appealed against, or accused of crime; -- opposed to <contr>appellor</contr>.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

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<h1>Appellor</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap`pel*lor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>apeleur</ets>, fr. L. <ets>appellator</ets>, fr. <ets>appellare</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime.</def> <i>Blackstone</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices.</def>

<i>Blount. Burrill.</i>

<note>&hand; This word is rarely or never used for the plaintiff in appeal from a lower court, who is called the <i>appellant</i>. <i>Appellee</i> is opposed both to <i>appellant</i> and <i>appellor</i>.</note>

<h1>Appenage</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap"pen*age</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Appanage</er>.</def>

<h1>Append</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap*pend"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Appended</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Appending</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>appendere</ets> or F. <ets>appendre</ets>: cf. OE. <ets>appenden</ets>, <ets>apenden</ets>, to belong, OF. <ets>apendre</ets>, F. <ets>appendre</ets>, fr. L. <ets>append<?/re</ets>, v. i., to hang to, <ets>append<?/re</ets>, v. t., to hang to; <ets>ad + pend<?/re</ets>, v. i., to hang, <ets>pend<?/re</ets>, v. t., to hang. See <er>Pendant</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; <as>as, a seal <ex>appended</ex> to a record; the inscription was <ex>appended</ex> to the column.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; <as>as, notes <ex>appended</ex> to this chapter</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A further purpose <b>appended</b> to the primary one. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Appendage</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap*pend"age</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.</def>

<blockquote>Modesty is the <b>appendage</b> of sobriety. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.</def>

<blockquote>Antenn\'91 and other <b>appendages</b> used for feeling. <i>Carpenter.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Addition; adjunct; concomitant.</syn>

<h1>Appendaged</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap*pend"aged</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with, or supplemented by, an appendage.</def>

<h1>Appendance</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap*pend"ance</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Something appendant.</def>

<h1>Appendant</h1> <Xpage=72>

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