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🗡️ A short knife 🗡️ To stab † A footnote mark † To mark text
to dagger

to dagger

8.8
To mark text with a small cross to show a note at the bottom of a page
  • verb
  • /ˈdæɡər/
  • Specialized
: marcar con una daga
  • In the manuscript, several names were daggered to show they were deceased.

Examples

  • Please dagger the references in your report.

  • Please dagger any terms that require additional explanation in the appendix.

  • The editor daggered the word to indicate there was a special note at the bottom of the page.

  • He daggered the footnotes in his essay.

  • The editor will dagger the references in the document to indicate footnotes.

  • Please make sure to dagger any important information that requires further explanation.

  • The teacher instructed the students to dagger all terms that were used as key concepts in the text.

Synonyms

to mark
vsto dagger
329 1.4

Use a sign or symbol to identify something

is a specific sign used mainly to indicate footnotes or special notes
to asterisk
vsto dagger
1 4.9

To mark something with a small mark like a star to show a note or special meaning

uses a cross-shaped sign mainly to indicate footnotes or special notes

Compounds

cloak-and-dagger
  • Informal
9 8.9

Being secret and mysterious like spy stories

dagger-like
1 5.9

Shaped like a small, sharp knife with a pointed end

Spanish dagger
  • US
1 8.7

A plant with long pointed leaves like swords and clusters of white flowers

Bridport dagger
  • Archaic
9.9

A small old knife with a short pointed blade that collectors keep and museums show

dagger fern
  • US
9.4

An evergreen fern with long narrow pointed leaves

double dagger
  • Specialized
8.9

A small mark that shows a third footnote in printed text after an asterisk and a dagger

Surface Forms

dagger infinitive
daggered past
daggered past participle
daggering present participle
daggers third person singular

Etymology

To dagger a word, meaning to mark it with the dagger sign (†), comes from the printing mark also called a dagger, which printers used to show special notes or to mark names. So to dagger text is to mark it for extra information.