Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A marginal note or annotation; a comment.
  • To annotate by marginal observations or comments.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A marginal note on a letter or other paper; an annotation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A marginal note; a gloss.
  • noun A method of verification for international documents.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From French postille ("marginal note"), from Latin post illa (verba) ("after those (words)")

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  • apostil a marginal word (or two)

    January 13, 2007