countersign
English
noun
Definitions
- (law) A second signature added to a document to affirm the validity of the signature of the first person.
- The response to a sign or signal.
Etymology
Derived from Middle French contresigne prefix from English sign.
Origin
English
sign
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aftersign English
- callsign English
- co-sign English
- cosign English
- countersigner English
- dreamsign English
- foresign English
- headsign English
- missign English
- multisign English
- protosign English
- rollsign English
- sign English
- signability English
- signable English
- signage English
- signboard English
- signee English
- signer English
- signest English
- signeth English
- signholder English
- signless English
- signmaker English
- signoff English
- signout English
- signpost English
- signwriter English
- signwriting English
- star sign English
- stopsign English
- subsign English
- supersign English
- undersign English
- unsign English
- signe Middle English
- करना Hindi
- contresigne Middle French
- saini Swahili
- 싸인펜 Korean
- sayina Zulu
- jain Marshallese
- sayina Xhosa
- sayina North Ndebele
- sain karo Fiji Hindi
- sign
- cosign
- signee
- unsign
- signer
- subsign
- signeth
- signoff
- signout
- signage
- missign
- signest
- co-sign
- foresign
- rollsign
- signless
- signpost
- callsign
- signable
- stopsign
- headsign
- dreamsign
- multisign
- signboard
- aftersign
- supersign
- signmaker
- undersign
- protosign
- star sign
- signwriter
- signholder
- signwriting
- signability
- countersigner