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apostil

or a·pos·tille

[uh-pos-til]
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noun
  1. a marginal annotation or note.

Origin of apostil

1520–30; < Middle French apostille, noun derivative of apostiller to add marginal notes, derivative, with a- a-5, of Medieval Latin postilla marginal note, perhaps from the phrase post illa (verba) after these (words), with illa construed as the Latin diminutive suffix
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British Dictionary definitions for apostil

apostil

noun
  1. a marginal note

Word Origin

C16: from French apostille, from Old French apostiller to make marginal notes, from Medieval Latin postilla, probably from Latin post illa (verba) after those (words)
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