Obs. Also 4 apend, apent, 5 appent. Aphetic 4–5 pend, pent. [a. OFr. apendre (3rd sing. il apent, whence ME. variant apent), to depend on, belong to, pertain:—L. appendĕre (in cl. L. only trans.) for appendēre, f. ap- = ad- to + pendēre to hang (intr.). Obsolete before 1500, and not connected (in Eng.) with APPEND v.2] intr. To belong to as a possession, natural accompaniment, or right; to pertain; to relate, to refer; to be suited or proper to. Obs.
c. 1325. E. E. Allit. P., B. 1270. Alle þe apparement þat pented to þe kyrke.
c. 1340. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 623. Quy þe pentangel apendeȝ to þat prynce noble.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Pers. T., ¶ 970. Holy orisoun … appendith specially to penitence.
a. 1400. Chester Pl. (1847), 131. Oure Lorde will us lere whereto it [the star in the East] will apente. Ibid., 189. Yf you wiste wherto it would apente.
c. 1400. Towneley Myst., 239. That [harnes] appentys unto me.
1470. Harding, Chron., xxvii. His wife … With all aray that to the werre apent [v.r. her wer apent]. Ibid., lvii. All bokes or ornamentes, Bellys, relyquys, that to [the churche] appendes.
