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verb

Sign v. t. (past & past part. signed; pres. part. signing)

1.

To represent by a sign; to make known in a typical or emblematic manner, in distinction from speech; to signify. "I signed to Browne to make his retreat."

2.

To make a sign upon; to mark with a sign. "We receive this child into the congregation of Christ's flock, and do sign him with the sign of the cross."

3.

To affix a signature to; to ratify by hand or seal; to subscribe in one's own handwriting. "Inquire the Jew's house out, give him this deed, And let him sign it."

4.

To assign or convey formally; used with away.

5.

To mark; to make distinguishable.

Sign v. i.

1.

To be a sign or omen. (Obs.)

2.

To make a sign or signal; to communicate directions or intelligence by signs.

3.

Especially: To communicate in sign language.

4.

To write one's name, esp. as a token of assent, responsibility, or obligation; as, he signed in red ink.

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Etymology of 'Signed'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Signed" Quotes from Famous Books

... his life. He saw the Italian revolution of 1848, and it added to his melancholy. This is plain from one of his novels with a curious history—"Con Cregan." He wrote it at the same time as "The Daltons," and he did not sign it. The reviewers praised "Con Cregan" at the expense of the signed work, rejoicing that Lever, as "The Daltons" proved, was exhausted, and that a new Irish author, the author of "Con Cregan," was coming to eclipse him. In short, he eclipsed himself, and he did not like it. His right hand was jealous of what his left hand did. It seems odd that any human ...

— Essays in Little • Andrew Lang

... of this address Miss Anthony presented greetings from the Woman's Liberal Association of Bristol, England, signed by many distinguished names; from the Woman Suffrage Association of Norway, and from a number of prominent women in Dublin.[67] There were also individual letters from Mrs. Priscilla Bright McLaren ...

— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV • Various

... signed to Corentin to come out, and then took him to the breach in the moat and showed ...

— An Historical Mystery • Honore de Balzac

... he always had its name at his tongue's end. Vaudeville writing or painting, poetry or music, he dabbled in all these, like those horses sold as good for both riding and driving, which are as bad in the saddle as in front of a tilbury. He signed himself "Marillac, man of letters"; meanwhile, aside from his profound disdain for the bourgeois, whom he called vulgar, and for the French Academy, to which he had sworn never to belong, one could reproach him with nothing. ...

— Gerfaut, Complete • Charles de Bernard

... banns published by the priest who married them. That is evidence. Moreover, the real book of banns exists, and Giovanni's name is upon the parish register. I have also a copy of the certificate of the civil marriage, which is signed by Giovanni himself." ...

— Saracinesca • F. Marion Crawford

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