codicil

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.
  2. An addition or supplement modifying any official document, such as a treaty.
    — So insistent was this demand that the Wyandot actually received a codicil to the treaty […]
  3. Any appendix or addition. broadly
    — If Nick answered a question Wani listened to him and then gave a flat little codicil or correction.
动词 v.
  1. To add a codicil (to). ergative

词形变化

codicils plural codicils present,singular,third-person codiciling US,participle,present codicilling UK,participle,present codiciled US,participle,past codiciled US,past codicilled UK,participle,past codicilled UK,past

词汇关系

衍生词
codicillary

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Middle French codicille, from Latin cōdicillus, diminutive of cōdex. See code.
词源 2
Borrowed from Middle French codicille, from Latin cōdicillus, diminutive of cōdex. See code.
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