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<hw>Ap*pend"ant</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>appendant</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>appendre</ets>. See <er>Append</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; <as>as, a seal <ex>appendant</ex> to a paper</as>.</def>

<blockquote>As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the <b>appendant</b> calamity. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>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>as, an advowson, common, etc.</as> , which may be <i>appendant</i> to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house.</def>

<i>Wharton. Coke.</i>

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

<hw>Ap*pend"ant</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.</def>

<h1>Appendence, Appendency</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw><hw>Ap*pend"ence</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ap*pend"en*cy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being appendant; appendance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Appendical</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap*pend"i*cal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or like an appendix.</def>

<h1>Appendicate</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap*pend"i*cate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To append.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Appendication</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap*pend`i*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An appendage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Appendicitis</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap*pend`i*ci"tis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the vermiform appendix.</def>

<h1>Appendicle</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap*pend"i*cle</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>appendicula</ets>, dim. of. <ets>appendix</ets>.]</ety> <def>A small appendage.</def>

<h1>Appendicular</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap`pen*dic"u*lar</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to an appendicle; appendiculate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Appendicularia</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap`pen*dic`u*la"ri*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larv\'91 of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def>

<h1>Appendiculata</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap`pen*dic`u*la"ta</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of annelids; the Polych&ae;ta.</def>

<h1>Appendiculate</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap`pen*dic"u*late</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Appendicle</er>.]</ety> <def>Having small appendages; forming an appendage.</def>

<cs><col>Appendiculate leaf</col>, <cd>a small appended leaf.</cd></cs>