additament
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- additamentary adjective
Etymology
Origin of additament
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin additāmentum, equivalent to addit ( us ) (past participle) added ( see addition) + -ā- (by analogy with verbal derivatives such as ornāmentum ornament ) + -mentum -ment
Example Sentences
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My persuasion that the latter verses of the chapter were an additament of a later age.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
On the alternative that the additament takes on another additament, you will be embarrassed by a many-sided regress in infinitum.
From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Acharya, Madhava
Mr. Rogers thought a great author would undoubtedly stand better in parliament from being such; but that otherwise the additament of authorship, unless on germane subjects, would be a hindrance.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by Morley, John
We shall now have to add to the seed another supplementation by subsidiaries themselves requiring an additament.
From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Acharya, Madhava
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