Definitions of vestige [ˈvɛs tɪdʒ]

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Definition of 'vestige'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) vestige
a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence.

2. vestige
a very slight trace or amount of something:
the last vestige of hope.

3. vestige
a degenerate or imperfectly developed biological structure that performed a useful function at an earlier stage in the development of the individual or evolution of the species.

Etymology: (1535–45; < MF < L vestīgium footprint)

Definition of 'vestige'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) trace, vestige, tincture, shadow
an indication that something has been present
"there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"

Definition of 'vestige'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) vestige
the mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains; as, the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra; vestiges of former population

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