footnote


2footnote

verb

Definition of FOOTNOTE

transitive verb
: to furnish with a footnote : annotate

First Known Use of FOOTNOTE

1864

Other Printing Terms

epigraph, errata, leader, mechanical, notch, tittle, underscore, widow

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