Sign
Definition of Sign
| n. | 1. | That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof. | | 2. | Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve the memory, of a thing; a token; a memorial; a monument. | | 3. | Any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or represents, an idea; a type; hence, sometimes, a picture. | | 4. | A word or a character regarded as the outward manifestation of thought; as, words are the sign of ideas. | | 5. | Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language of a signs such as those used by the North American Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb. | | 6. | A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard. | | 7. | (Astron.) The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac. | | 8. | (Alg.) A character indicating the relation of quantities, or an operation performed upon them; as, the sign + (plus); the sign - (minus); the sign of division ÷, and the like. | | 9. | (Mus.) Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc. | | v. t. | 1. | To represent by a sign; to make known in a typical or emblematic manner, in distinction from speech; to signify. | | 2. | To make a sign upon; to mark with a sign. | | 3. | To affix a signature to; to ratify by hand or seal; to subscribe in one's own handwriting. | | 4. | To assign or convey formally; - used with away. | | 5. | To mark; to make distinguishable. | | v. i. | 1. | To be a sign or omen. | | 2. | To make a sign or signal; to communicate directions or intelligence by signs. | | 3. | To write one's name, esp. as a token of assent, responsibility, or obligation. |
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