All 4 Uses of
vestige
in
The War of the Worlds
- this new and culminating atrocity had robbed him of all vestiges of reason or forethought.
Chpt 2.3 *vestiges = traces
- They broke off at the least touch, and the waters that had stimulated their early growth carried their last vestiges out to sea.†
Chpt 2.6
- In the road that runs from the top of Putney Hill to Wimbledon was a number of poor vestiges of the panic torrent that must have poured Londonward on the Sunday night after the fighting began.†
Chpt 2.7
- For a time I stood regarding these vestiges….†
Chpt 2.9
Definition:
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(vestige) a remaining trace (little bit of something) that was previously abundanteditor's notes: In biology, vestige (especially in the form vestigial) references a part of the body that is underdeveloped and no longer used, but which formally was an important body part. As in: Darwin believed vestigial organs are evidence of evolution.