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to add as a supplement, accessory, or ; subjoin:
to append a note to a letter.
to attach or suspend as a pendant.
to sign a document with; affix:
to append one’s signature to a will.
Contemporary Examples

In 1901, Bram Stoker appended a new introduction to the Icelandic edition of Dracula, his most famous novel.
Stoker Family Values Matthew Shaer October 29, 2009

The missive was received back in London by David Barrie, a senior diplomat, who appended his own note.
British Officials Portrayed Reagan as a “Bozo” Nico Hines, Ben Jacobs April 29, 2014

Historical Examples

Many pages of remarks, by different members, were appended to this paper.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3) James Athearn Jones

To each of them is appended a sort of ticket, which served as a title.
Museum of Antiquity L. W. Yaggy

It was the contents of this appended letter which had inspired Innes’s remarks.
Fire-Tongue Sax Rohmer

appended was a schedule of the properties Hawkes was leaving behind.
Starman’s Quest Robert Silverberg

It has appended at the end the genuine letter of Clement of Rome to the Corinthians, and a fragment of a second spurious letter.
Companion to the Bible E. P. Barrows

This was the signature he had appended to his other messages.
The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code John Henry Goldfrap, AKA Captain Wilbur Lawton

Those which have (a) appended to them are known to have representatives in America.
The Gypsies Charles G. Leland

To this manifesto was appended another from the King of France.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 9 Various

verb (transitive)
to add as a supplement: to append a footnote
to attach; hang on
v.

late 14c., “to belong to as a possession or right,” from Old French apendre (13c.) belong, be dependent (on); attach (oneself) to; hang, hang up,” and directly from Latin appendere “to cause to hang (from something), weigh,” from ad- “to” (see ad-) + pendere “hang” (see pendant).

Meaning “to hang on, attach as a pendant” is 1640s; that of “attach as an appendix” is recorded by 1843. OED says the original word was obsolete by c.1500, and these later transitive senses represent a reborrowing from Latin or French. Related: Appended; appending.