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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~le Date: 14th century band , fillet , a heraldic charge that consists of a narrow horizontal band with usually three pendants, 3. a slip (as of paper or cloth) inscribed and affixed to something for identification or description, written or printed matter accompanying an article to furnish identification or other information, a descriptive or identifying word or phrase: as, epithet , a word or phrase used with a dictionary definition to provide additional information, a usually radioactive isotope used in ~ing, an adhesive stamp (as for postage or revenue), 5. a. a brand of commercial recordings issued under a usually trademarked name, a recording so issued, a company issuing such recordings, the brand name of a retail store selling clothing, a clothing manufacturer, or a fashion designer, II. transitive verb (~ed or ~led; ~ing or ~ling) Date: 1601 1. to affix a ~ to, to describe or designate with or as if with a ~, 2. to distinguish (an element or atom) by using an isotope distinctive in some manner (as in mass or radioactivity), to distinguish (as a compound or cell) by introducing a traceable constituent (as a dye or ~ed atom), ~able adjective ~er noun