'Vestige' definitions:
Definition of 'vestige'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Vestige'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- What vestiges of liberty or property have they left? --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- Ridicule has followed the vestiges of Truth, but never usurped her place. --Landor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Biol.) A small, degenerate, or imperfectly developed part or organ which has been more fully developed in some past generation. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 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 of 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vestige'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account,
- afterglow,
- afterimage,
- ancient manuscript,
- annals,
- antique,
- antiquity,
- archaism,
- artifact,
- balance,
- boss,
- bump,
- butt,
- butt end,
- candle ends,
- catalog,
- catchword,
- cave painting,
- chaff,
- chronicle,
- clue,
- colophon,
- concavity,
- convexity,
- correspondence,
- cue,
- cue word,
- dactylogram,
- dactylograph,
- dash,
- debris,
- dent,
- detritus,
- dint,
- documentation,
- embossment,
- end,
- eolith,
- evidence,
- excrescence,
- fag end,
- filings,
- fingerprint,
- footmark,
- footprint,
- footstep,
- fossil,
- fossil footprint,
- fragment,
- glimmer,
- hint,
- history,
- holdover,
- hot lead,
- husks,
- ichnite,
- ichnolite,
- impress,
- impression,
- imprint,
- indent,
- indentation,
- indention,
- infusion,
- inkling,
- intimation,
- inventory,
- key,
- key word,
- lead,
- leavings,
- leftovers,
- letters,
- list,
- lump,
- mark,
- memento,
- memorial,
- mezzolith,
- microlith,
- neolith,
- odds and ends,
- offscourings,
- orts,
- pad,
- paleolith,
- parings,
- path,
- paw print,
- pawmark,
- petrification,
- petrified forest,
- petrified wood,
- petroglyph,
- pimple,
- pipe roll,
- plateaulith,
- print,
- pug,
- pugmark,
- rag,
- rags,
- record,
- recording,
- refuse,
- register,
- registry,
- relic,
- relics,
- reliquiae,
- remainder,
- remains,
- remnant,
- residue,
- residuum,
- rest,
- roach,
- roll,
- rolls,
- roster,
- rota,
- rubbish,
- ruin,
- ruins,
- rump,
- sauce,
- sawdust,
- scent,
- scourings,
- scrap,
- scraps,
- scroll,
- seal,
- seasoning,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shavings,
- sigil,
- sign,
- signet,
- smack,
- soupcon,
- spice,
- spoor,
- sprinkling,
- stamp,
- step,
- straw,
- stubble,
- stud,
- stump,
- suggestion,
- survival,
- suspicion,
- sweepings,
- table,
- tag,
- taint,
- taste,
- telltale,
- tempering,
- thought,
- thumbmark,
- thumbprint,
- tinct,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- tint,
- tip-off,
- token,
- touch,
- trace,
- track,
- tract,
- trail,
- waste,
- whiff