aposter, v.a., (b.s.) to secrete, to place in ambush, to station, to set to watch, to place in readiness (witnesses, assassins).

à posteriori, adv., a posteriori.

☉*apostillateur, n.m., (jur.), annotator, commentator.

*apostille, n.f., marginal note, postscript, footnote; recommendatory note (to urge or back a petition).

*apostiller, v.a., to write notes; to add a postscript to; to write a recommendation on a petition. Il a apostillé ma pétition; he has backed my petition with his recommendation.

apostolat, n.m., apostleship.

apostolique, adj., apostolic; papal; apostolical. Nonce —; the pope’s nuncio.

apostoliquement (-mān), adv., apostolically.

apostrophe, n.f., apostrophe; address; reproach, insult, attack.

apostropher, v.a., to apostrophize, to address, to fall foul of, to fly at.