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footnote

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foot·note

   [foot-noht] noun, verb, -not·ed, -not·ing.
noun
1.
an explanatory or documenting note or comment at the bottom of a page, referring to a specific part of the text on the page.
2.
a minor or tangential comment or event added or subordinated to a main statement or more important event.
verb (used with object)
3.
to add a footnote or footnotes to (a text, statement, etc.); annotate: to footnote a dissertation.

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Origin:
1835–45; foot + note
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footnote (ˈfʊtˌnəʊt)
 
—n
1.  a note printed at the bottom of a page, to which attention is drawn by means of a reference mark in the body of the text
2.  an additional comment, as to a main statement
 
—vb
3.  (tr) to supply (a page, book, etc) with footnotes

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footnote
1841, from foot + note.
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