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Definition of: asterisk
(as′tər·isk) noun 
1. Printing A starlike figure (*) used to indicate omissions, footnotes, references, etc. 
2. Anything shaped like a star. 
—v.t. To mark with an asterisk. [<L asteriscus <Gk. asteriskos, dim. of astēr star]
 
				
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