3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vestige \Ves"tige\, n. [F., from L. vestigium footprint, trace,
sign; the last part (-stigium) is probably akin to E. sty, v.
i. Cf {Investigate}.]
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.
What vestiges of liberty or property have they left?
--Burke.
Ridicule has followed the vestiges of Truth, but never
usurped her place --Landor.
Syn: Trace; mark; sign; token.
Usage: {Vestige}, {Trace}. These words agree in marking some
indications of the past, but differ to some extent in
their use and application. Vestige is used chiefly in
a figurative sense for the remains something long
passed away as the vestiges of ancient times;
vestiges of the creation. A trace is literally
something drawn out in a line and may be used in this
its primary sense or figuratively, to denote a sign
or evidence left by something that has passed by or
ceased to exist. Vestige usually supposes some
definite object of the past to be left behind; while a
trace may be a mere indication that something has been
present or is present; as traces of former
population; a trace of poison in a given substance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vestige \Ves"tige\, n. (Biol.)
A small degenerate, or imperfectly developed part or organ
which has been more fully developed in some past generation.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
vestige
n : a clue that something has been present; "there wasn't a
trace of evidence for the claim" [syn: {trace}, {shadow}]
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