See Also: postscript(medicine)
postscript(dictionary)
postscript(dictionary)
indulgence(medicine)
indulgence(dictionary)
indulgence(encyclopedia)
indulgence(2)(dictionary)
indulgence(1)(dictionary)
INDULGENCE(law)
INCONTINENCE Impudicity, the indulgence in unlawful carnal connexions(law)

indulgence(2) (iou) and postscript (iou)


indulgence(2) (iou)



indulgence verb trans. L16.
[from the noun.]
Grant or permit as an indulgence or favour. Only in L16.
Roman Catholic Church. Attach an indulgence to (a particular act or object). Freq. as indulgenced ppl adjective, conveying an indulgence. M19.

postscript (iou)



postscript noun & verb. M16.
[from POSTSCRIPTUM.]
A. noun.
A paragraph or remark at the end of a letter after the signature, containing an afterthought or additional matter. M16.
S. Weintraub The Duke's equerry, the letter added in a postscript, would be sent..to handle all details.
An additional passage at the end of any text. M17.
C. Wilson He wrote a postscript to his article..admitting that his earlier views were inadequate.
A thing appended; an additional or conclusory action; an afterthought, a sequel. L19.
G. W. Thornbury Brentford always a mere ecclesiastical postscript to Hanwell or Ealing. Listener Would he have expanded.., or remained as much a postscript from the nineties as Max?
(PostScript.) Computing. (Proprietary name for) a language used as a standard for describing pages of text. Freq. attrib. L20.
b. verb trans. Put a postscript to. Also, provide as a postscript. rare. M19.
post'scriptal adjective of the Nature of or relating to a postscript L19.