"additament" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: additaments [plural]
Etymology: From Latin additāmentum, from the past participle stem of addere (“to add”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|additāmentum}} Latin additāmentum Head templates: {{en-noun}} additament (plural additaments)
  1. (archaic) An addition; something added. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-additament-en-noun-iRVRKatB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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