Definition of Asterisks

1. Noun. (plural of asterisk) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of asterisk) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Asterisks

1. asterisk [v] - See also: asterisk

Lexicographical Neighbors of Asterisks

asterid dicot genus
asteridea
asteridian
asterids
asterion
asteriosaponins
asteriotoxins
asterisc
asterisci
asteriscs
asteriscus
asterisk
asterisked
asterisking
asteriskless
asterisks (current term)
asterism
asterismal
asterisms
asterixis
astern
astern of
asternal
asteroid
asteroid belt
asteroid belts
asteroid body
asteroid hyalosis
asteroidal

Literary usage of Asterisks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Bibliographical Account of the Principal Works Relating to English Topography by William Upcott (1818)
"979- 990 (11 T- 11 u 2) are repeated with asterisks, and follow p. 990; —pp. ... 1095-1096 (12Y 3, misprinted T3) are repeated with asterisks;—pp. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Origen supplied what was lacking in the Septuagint from the Greek translations and marked the additions by asterisks. Copyists generally omitted these ..."

3. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"... as in kowo, ko - о ; wa, *a; wi, *i; wo, *o, '/•''• The asterisks stand for the sound, which is most nearly expressed by w. ..."

4. The New Sporting Magazine (1833)
"... with blue borders and gilt edges— and read — we would fain put it all in dashes and asterisks—" Miss Juliana Granville, John Street, Waterloo Road. ..."

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