Synonyms:
footnote, footer
Meaning: a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
annotate, footnote
Meaning: add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments; "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel"
Usage examples
[Footnote: Buried under beare.
[Footnote 4: These stampedes are a source of great profit to the Indians of the Plains.
But notwithstanding this near resemblance in a few instances, they are in general so very different, that no-one can make a scruple to rank them under distinct heads, and assign to each a peculiar name to mark the difference [Footnote 1.].
He was joined on this occasion by Edward D. Baker [Footnote: Afterwards senator from Oregon, and as colonel of the 71st Pennsylvania (called the 1st California) killed at Ball's Bluff.] and some others, who protested against the act because
[Footnote: A stone has been placed over the site of the grave "by P. E. Studebaker, of South Bend, Indiana." The stone bears the following inscription: "Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of President Lincoln, died October 5th, A. D. 1818, aged 35 years.