additament
Americannoun
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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
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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
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
My persuasion that the latter verses of the chapter were an additament of a later age.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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
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