asterisked

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of asterisk.

   The proofreader asterisked each entry that lacked a citation.

   Disputed records were asterisked in the league's official database.

   Note

   A regular verb, so one spelling serves both the simple past (she asterisked the total) and the participle after have or be (the totals were asterisked). It always takes an object, and its plain synonym is star. Besides flagging an item for a note, it can mean replacing letters with stars, as when the letters of an oath are asterisked in print. Directly before a noun, as in an asterisked line, the word is usually the plain adjective.

2. 2
   adjective

   Marked with or containing one or more asterisks, the small star-shaped symbols (*) used to flag items in a text.

   Readers should compare every asterisked figure against the original source data.

   An asterisked footnote explained the exception to the general rule.

   Similarstarred, flagged, marked

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