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A second signature added to a document to affirm the validity of the signature of the first person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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The response to a sign or signal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Only those who give the countersign may enter the Masonic Lodge.
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To sign on the opposite side of (a document).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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To add a second signature to a document, affirming the validity of the signature of another person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, transitive
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Synonyms: witness
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a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: countersignature
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Broader terms: signature
a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: password, watchword, word, parole
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Broader terms: secret, arcanum, positive identification
add one's signature to after another's to attest authenticity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- You must countersign on this line of the contract
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Broader terms: sign
From Middle French contresigne. Equivalent to counter- + sign.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Esperanto:
pasvorta respondo
— response to a sign
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Bulgarian:
приподписвам
(pripodpisvam)
— add a second signature
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Chinese Mandarin:
連署 /连署
(liánshǔ)
— add a second signature
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French:
contresigner
— add a second signature
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Hungarian:
ellenjegyez
— add a second signature
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Italian:
controfirmare
— add a second signature
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Latin:
contrascibo
— add a second signature
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Latin:
contrascribo
— add a second signature
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Manx:
co-screeu
— add a second signature
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Polish:
kontrasygnować
— add a second signature
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Romanian:
contrasemna
— add a second signature
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Russian:
контрассигнова́ть
(kontrassignovátʹ)
— add a second signature