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Signed

adjective

Having a handwritten signature.

Used of the language of the deaf. Synonyms: gestural, sign, sign-language.

Sign

verb

(past & past part. signed; pres. part. signing)

Mark with one's signature; write one's name (on). Synonym: subscribe. "Please sign here"

Approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation. Synonym: ratify. "Have you signed your contract yet?"

Be engaged by a written agreement. "The soprano signed to sing the new opera"

Engage by written agreement. Synonyms: contract, sign on, sign up.

Communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs. Synonyms: signal, signalise, signalize. "The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu"

Place signs, as along a road. "This road has been signed"

Communicate in sign language.

Make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate. Synonym: bless.

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"Signed" Quotes from Famous Books

... me, on our understanding—stick to me. For our understanding's signed and sealed." And to brood over it again was ever, for Mrs. Assingham, to break out again with exaltation. "It's a grand, high compact. She ...

— The Golden Bowl • Henry James

... He signed to me to eat, and you may depend upon it I was not slow in accepting the invitation. That tough biltong tasted to me like the tenderest steak that ever came from a grill; the biscuits were ambrosial; the cheese melted in my mouth as butter melts in that of the virtuous; but when the old man finished ...

— Gulliver of Mars • Edwin L. Arnold

... him, and the style and finish of these leave nothing to be desired. Chains and rings have come down to us in large numbers, as indeed might be expected. The ring, in fact, was not a simple ornament, but an actual necessary. Official documents were not signed, but sealed; and the seal was good in law. Every Egyptian, therefore, had his seal, which he kept about his person, ready for use if required. The poor man's seal was a simple copper or silver ring; the ring of the rich man was a ...

— Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt • Gaston Camille Charles Maspero

... her explanation, took over the indent, and directed Ts'ai Ming to enter the items in the book. After Wang Hsing had handed over the money, and obtained the receipt of the accountant, duly signed, which tallied with the payment, he subsequently walked away in company with Chang Ts'ai's wife. Lady Feng simultaneously proceeded to give orders that another indent should be read, which was for money to purchase paper with to paste on the windows of Pao-y's outer school-room, ...

— Hung Lou Meng, Book I • Cao Xueqin

... came the vehement denial. "I repeat that I never wrote you a letter. If you received one signed by me, it was certainly not I who wrote it. I am not surprised at your unfair opinion of me. You have never liked me. Naturally you could not understand me. I will ask you to let ...

— Jane Allen: Right Guard • Edith Bancroft

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