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Synonyms for signatures

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sig-nuh-cher, -choo r
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪg nə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər

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Définition of signatures

Origin :
  • 1530s, a kind of document in Scottish law, from Middle French signature (16c.) or directly from Medieval Latin signatura "signature, a rescript," in classical Latin "the matrix of a seal," from signatus, past participle of signare "to mark with a stamp, sign" (see sign (v.)).
  • Meaning "one's own name written in one's own hand" is from 1570s, replacing sign-manual (early 15c.) in this sense. Musical sense of "signs placed it the beginning of a staff to indicate the key and rhythm" is from 1806. Meaning "a distinguishing mark of any kind" is from 1620s.
  • noun sign
  • noun signing of name
Example sentences :
  • These should be sworn statements, and should bear the signatures of at least three of the directors.
  • Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
  • It was a long list of signatures and an alarming total of indebtedness.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Witness our signatures, this the 15th day of December, 1901.
  • Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey
  • It was the number of women's signatures which enabled the mayor to order the election.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • It is full of signatures of great artists, even of kings and queens and poets.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
  • There are no other signatures of suffragan or inferior bishops attached.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 182, April 23, 1853 » by Various
  • She brought with her a petition addressed to Aguinaldo, said to bear about 3,000 signatures.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • There followed, written in ink, a considerable number of signatures.
  • Extract from : « Good Old Anna » by Marie Belloc Lowndes
  • Among these we have discovered a document bearing the signatures of Jeff.
  • Extract from : « The Citizen-Soldier » by John Beatty
  • The absence of figures at the top of the pages, and of signatures at the foot.
  • Extract from : « The Library » by Andrew Lang
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