signature
Noun
(en noun )
A ’s name, written by that person, used to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.
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*:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer languageunderstood him very well. If he had written a love letter, or a farce, or a ballade , or a story, no one, either clerks, or friends, or compositors, would have understood anything but a word here and a word there. For his signature , however, that was different.
The act of signing one’s name.
(lb) That part of a doctor’s prescription containing directions for the patient.
(lb) Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo
(lb) A group of four (or a multiple of four) pages printed such that, when folded, become a section of a book
(lb) A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc.
(lb) Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source.
A mark or sign of implication.
*(Richard Bentley) (1662-1742)
*:the natural and indelible signature of God, which human souls in their first origin are supposed to be stamped with
*1997 : Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault”, page 67, ”The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
*:A “signature‘” was placed on all things by God to indicate their affinities — but it was hidden, hence the search for arcane knowledge. Knowing was ”’guessing”’ and ‘ interpreting , not observing or demonstrating.
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A resemblance between the external character 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.
Adjective
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en-adj”>en-adj) (unusually not comparable)
distinctive, characteristic indicative of identity
* 2001 , Lawrence J. Vale, Sam Bass Warner, Imaging the city: continuing struggles and new directions
- Consider Las Fallas” of Valencia, Spain, arguably the most signature”’ of ‘ signature ephemera.
* 2005 , Paul Duchscherer, Linda Svendsen, Beyond the bungalow: grand homes in the arts & crafts tradition
- Considered the most signature effect of the Tudor Revival style, half-timbering derived its distinctive …
* 2005 , Brett Dawson, Tales from the 2004-05 Fighting Illini
- But it was perhaps the most signature shot Williams ever made in an Illinois uniform, a bullying basket in which he used his power to pound Stoudamire, …
- Rabbit in mustard sauce is my signature dish.
* 2005:‘ CBS News website, ”Paul Winchell Dead At Age 82”, read at on 14 May 2006 – The inspiration for [[w:Tigger, Tigger] ’s ‘ signature phrase: TTFN, ta-ta for now.
- The signature route of the airline is its daily flight between Buenos Aires and Madrid.
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signatory
English
Noun
(signatories)
One who signs or has signed something.
- John Hancock is famous for being the first signatory to the American Declaration of Indepence, and for writing his name large.
Adjective
(–)
Relating to a seal; used in sealing.
- (Bailey)
Signing; joining or sharing in a signature.
- signatory powers
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