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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Asterisk

/(ăs"tẽr*ĭsk)/ · As·ter·isk · IPA /ˈæstəɹɪsk/
01 n. The figure of a star, thus, ★, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of le…
  1. 1.
    The figure of a star, thus, ★, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character.