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🗡️ A short knife † A footnote mark † To mark text 🗡️ To stab
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
translation icon : 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
203 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
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
5 8.9

Being secret and mysterious like spy stories

Bridport dagger
  • Archaic
9.9

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

dagger-like
5.9

Shaped like a small, sharp knife with a pointed end

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

Spanish dagger
  • US
8.7

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

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.