Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A vestige.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, a vestige; a vestigial structure of any kind; a trace, as the pit which marks the closed foramen ovale between the right and left auricles of the heart.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The ultimate Latin root is vestigium, “footprint,” which investigators track.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Ex quo recessimus à Soldaia vsque ad Sartach in duobus mensibus nunquam iacuimus in domo nec in tentorio, sed semper sub dio, vel sub bigis nostris, nec vidimus aliquam villam, vel vestigium alicuius ædificij vbi fuisset villa, nisi tumbas
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The ultimate Latin root is vestigium, “footprint,” which investigators track.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Vltra vallem in supremo montes Oliueti apice discipulus cernentibus, Dominus noster Iesus Christus eleuatis manibus ascendit in coelum, et super eundem locum digna habetur Ecclesia, in qua eiusdem Ascensione tale seruatur in rupe pauimenti indicium, quod sinistri pedis Christi videtur vltimum vestigium.
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Ex quo recessimus � Soldaia vsque ad Sartach in duobus mensibus nunquam iacuimus in domo nec in tentorio, sed semper sub dio, vel sub bigis nostris, nec vidimus aliquam villam, vel vestigium alicuius 鎑ificij vbi fuisset villa, nisi tumbas
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Vltra vallem in supremo montes Oliueti apice discipulus cernentibus, Dominus noster Iesus Christus eleuatis manibus ascendit in coelum, et super eundem locum digna habetur Ecclesia, in qua eiusdem Ascensione tale seruatur in rupe pauimenti indicium, quod sinistri pedis Christi videtur vltimum vestigium.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Illa tanquam cycnea fuit divini hominis vox, et oratio, quam quasi expectantes, post ejus interitum veniebamus in curiam, ut vestigium illud ipsum, in quo ille postremum institisset, contueremur.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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Cowel (in his 4th Institute 227) rather chooses to deduce the word from the French _banque, table_, and _route, vestigium, trace_, by metaphor from the sign left in the ground, of a table once fastened to it and now gone.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 346, December 13, 1828 Various
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"Tanta vis admonitionis inest in locis, id quidem infinitum in hac urbe, quocumque enim ingredimur, in aliquam historiam vestigium possumus."
Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students 1911
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Cyprianus et Firmilianus schismaticos et haereticos ita ab Ecclesia distractos crederent, ut nihil prosus ad eos ex fontibus Ecclesiae perflueret; Basilius huic sententiae non assentitur, et in schismaticis quia fidem Ecclesiae retinent, vestigium quoddam agnoscit necessitudinis et societatis cum Ecclesia, ita ut valida sacramentorum administratio ab Ecclesia ad illos permanare possit.
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