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| ves·tige [ véstij ] (plural ves·tig·es) |
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1. trace of something gone: a trace or sign of something that is no longer present
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2. small amount: the slightest amount
  There wasn't a vestige of truth in what she wrote.
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3. biology rudimentary body part: an organ or part of the body that is now rudimentary and no longer functions, but was formerly fully developed
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| [Early 17th century. Via French< Latin vestigium "sole of the foot, footprint, trace"] |
