sign

sign: sign vt

1: to affix a signature to: ratify or attest by hand or seal

sign a bill into law; specif: to write or mark something (as a signature) on (a document) as an acknowledgment of one's intention to be bound by it

2: to assign or convey formally

sign ed the property over to his brother

sign·er n

sign: I verb accept, accredit, acknowledge, affix a signature, affix one's name, affix one's signature to, agree to, approve, authenticate, authorize, autograph, certify, confirm, consignare, covenant, enter into a contract, execute, indorse, initial, inscribe one's name, inscribe one's signature, license, paraph, ratify, sanction, seal, set one's name to, subscribe, subscribere, undersign, underwrite, validate associated concepts: countersign II index authorize, brand, brand (mark), call (title), clue, designation (symbol), device (distinguishing mark), earmark, expression (manifestation), forerunner, harbinger, index (catalog), indicant, indication, indicator, indorse, label, manifestation, notarize, phenomenon (manifestation), precursor, premonition, seal (solemnize), symbol, symptom, threat, title (designation), token, witness (attest to)

sign: v.
To write one’s name on a document to authenticate or execute it.

sign: v.

   1) to write one's signature on a document, including an "X" by an illiterate or physically impaired person, provided the mark is properly witnessed in writing as "Eddie Jones, his mark." An attorney-in-fact given authority to act for another person by a power of attorney may sign for the one giving the power but should identify the signature as "by his attorney-in-fact, George Goodman."

   2) to commu-nicate by sign language.

   See also: mark, subscribe

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Synonyms:

Token, mark, note, indication, proof, index, symptom, manifestation, symbol, emblem, Signify, indicate / Signal, beacon, Subscribe, put one's name to, affix one's signature to / Prodigy, wonder, miracle, portent, augury, presage, prognostic, auspice, foreboding, omen / Symbol, type / Cognizance, note / Signature

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