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- Signature - v. t. - A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.
- Signature - v. t. - Especially, the name of any person, written with his own hand, employed to signify that the writing which precedes accords with his wishes or intentions; a sign manual; an autograph.
- Signature - v. t. - An outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposed to be indicated.
- Signature - v. t. - A resemblance between the external characters of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; -- supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease.
- Signature - v. t. - The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major.
- Signature - v. t. - A letter or figure placed at the bottom of the first page of each sheet of a book or pamphlet, as a direction to the binder in arranging and folding the sheets.
- Signature - v. t. - The printed sheet so marked, or the form from which it is printed; as, to reprint one or more signatures.
- Signature - v. t. - That part of a prescription which contains the directions to the patient. It is usually prefaced by S or Sig. (an abbreviation for the Latin signa, imperative of signare to sign or mark).
- Signature - v. t. - To mark with, or as with, a signature or signatures.
- Re-sign - v. t. - To affix one's signature to, a second time; to sign again.
- Onomastic - a. - Applied to a signature when the body of the instrument is in another's handwriting.
- Mark - n. - A character (usually a cross) made as a substitute for a signature by one who can not write.
- Idiograph - n. - A mark or signature peculiar to an individual; a trade-mark.
- Alla breve - - With one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; -- indicated in the time signature by /.
- Subscription - n. - A paper to which a signature is attached.
- Countersign - a. - The signature of a secretary or other officer to a writing signed by a principal or superior, to attest its authenticity.
- Countersign - v. t. - To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in order to attest the authenticity of a writing.
- Cross - n. - The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write.
- Forgery - n. - The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; esp., the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another; the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud; as, the forgery of a bond.
- Crisscross - n. - A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write.
- Counterfeit - v. t. - To imitate with a view to deceiving, by passing the copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge; as, to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.
- Allograph - n. - A writing or signature made by some person other than any of the parties thereto; -- opposed to autograph.
- Signature - v. t. - The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major.
- Sign - n. - To affix a signature to; to ratify by hand or seal; to subscribe in one's own handwriting.
- Signature - v. t. - To mark with, or as with, a signature or signatures.
- Sheet - v. t. - A single signature of a book or a pamphlet;
- Subscription - n. - The signature attached to a paper.
- Autograph - n. - That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.
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