▪ I. apostil, -ille, n.
(əˈpɒstɪl)
Also 7 -style, -stle.
[a. Fr. apostille, of uncert. origin: see postil.
Diez and Littré say from à to + postille; but Littré's first quotation suggests a connexion with OF. pa. pple. apost:—L. apposit-um, placed, added, annexed to. Fr. perhaps confused l'apostille, la postille.]
A marginal note, comment, or annotation.
| 1527 State Papers Hen. VIII, I. 225 Copies of the same, with suche apostillis..in the mergentes, as in reding of them came unto my mynde. 1683 Temple Mem. Wks. 1731 I. 423 The second Article they consented to, with an Apostyle of their own upon it. 1858 Motley Dutch Rep. ii. 128 The world, in his [Philip's] opinion, was to move upon protocols and apostilles. 1860 ― Netherl. (1868) II. xvii. 303 He sat at his table, scrawling his apostilles. |
▪ II. apostil, v. rare.
(əˈpɒstɪl)
[ad. Fr. apostille-r, f. apostille: see prec.]
To annotate or write marginal notes to.
| 1637 Charles I in 3rd Rep. Hist. MSS. (1872) 74/1 This copy..being apostiled with his own hand. a 1670 Hacket Abp. Williams ii. (1692) 156 He apostyles that article with his own hand. |