tagete.html - n.
any plant of the genus Tagetes, esp. any of various marigolds with bright orange or yellow flowers. [mod.L f. L Tages an Etruscan god]

tagete.html - n.
any plant of the genus Tagetes, esp. any of various marigolds with bright orange or yellow flowers. [mod.L f. L Tages an Etruscan god]

tagete.html - n.
any plant of the genus Tagetes, esp. any of various marigolds with bright orange or yellow flowers. [mod.L f. L Tages an Etruscan god]

tagete.html - noun
and verb (Youth Culture) In hip hop culture, noun : A graffito, usually consisting of a decorated nickname, word, or initial, made by a graffiti artist as a personal 'signature'. transitive verb: To decorate (a place or object) with graffiti; to leave (one's graffiti signature) in a public place. Etymology: Another figurative use of tag in the sense of 'label'. History and Usage: Graffiti tags first started to appear in the streets of New York during the first half of the seventies, but the practice of tagging did not spread far outside large American cities until the mid eighties. Then it was the popularization of hip-hop culture as a whole that involved youngsters outside the US in constructing these highly decorated nicknames, often on very visible public buildings. The person who paints a tag is known as a tagger; graffiti artists often work in teams or crews and a particular tag can belong to a tag team or tag crew rather than to an individual tag artist . A more elaborate graffito is known as a piece (short for masterpiece). The proliferation of 'writing'...along with its spectacular development from scrawled felt-tip 'tags' on city walls to spray-can 'pieces'...has been a visible part of New York's daily life. New Yorker 26 Mar. 1984, p.
98 Vandals have imported graffiti materials from America to ape New York 'tag teams'--gangs who vie to leave their personal trademarks in daring or eye-catching places. Daily Telegraph 3 May 1990, p. 4

tagete.html - noun
and verb (People and Society ) (Science and Technology) noun: An electronic marker which makes it possible to track the whereabouts of the person or thing to which it is attached. transitive verb: To mark (a person or thing ) with an electronic tag so as to control or monitor movement. Etymology: A specialized sense of tag which represents a metaphorical extension of the meaning 'a label attached to something'. History and Usage : Electronic tags have been used to control shoplifting since the end of the seventies; usually they take the form of a heavy plastic label which must be detached from the goods by a shop assistant using a special machine before the goods can be removed from the shop without setting off an alarm. Similar tags for people had been tried in mental institutions in the US during the sixties. In the late eighties this idea was extended to prisoners and people on parole. In this tagging system a small electronic beacon was attached by a band to the person's wrist or ankle; the signals from the beacon could be monitored by a central computer so that the whereabouts of any person wearing the tag (also known as an offender's tag) would always be known. A determined-enough shoplifter can remove any electronic tag--but not readily. Tags have been found gnawed in half and left bloodied on fitting-room floors. Fortune 25 Feb. 1980, p.
115 The tag, designed for the petty criminal, can be fitted to the leg, neck or wrist. It is controlled by a central computer, which rings the offender at home at random intervals. The Times 9 Feb. 1988, p.
5 The latest statistics point to a majority of people working with offenders as being in favour of tagging as a potential reducer of the prison population and hence of crime. Daily Telegraph 20 Dec. 1989, p. 14

tagete.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a label, esp. one for tying on an object to show its address, price, etc.
2 a metal or plastic point at the end of a lace etc. to assist insertion.
3 a loop at the back of a boot used in pulling it on.
4 US a licence plate of a motor vehicle.
5 a loose or ragged end of anything.
6 a ragged lock of wool on a sheep.
7 Theatr. a closing speech addressed to the audience.
8 a trite quotation or stock phrase.
9 a the refrain of a song. b a musical phrase added to the end of a piece.
10 an animal's tail, or its tip.

--v.

tr. (tagged, tagging)
1 provide with a tag or tags.
2 (often foll. by on, on to) join or attach.
3 colloq. follow closely or trail behind.
4 Computing identify (an item of data) by its type for later retrieval.
5 label radioactively (see LABEL v. 3).
6 a find rhymes for (verses). b string (rhymes) together.
7 shear away tags from (sheep).

tag along (often foll. by with) go along or accompany passively. tag end esp. US the last remnant of something. [ME: orig. unkn.]