Additament
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An addition; something added. archaic
"Whenever any menstruum or other additament is employed, together with the fire, to obtain a sulphur or a salt from a body, we may well take the freedom to examine, whether or no the menstruum do barely help to separate the principle obtained by it..."
Example
More examples"Whenever any menstruum or other additament is employed, together with the fire, to obtain a sulphur or a salt from a body, we may well take the freedom to examine, whether or no the menstruum do barely help to separate the principle obtained by it..."
Etymology
From Latin additāmentum, from the past participle stem of addere (“to add”).
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