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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sign  \Sign\,  n.  [F.  signe,  L.  signum;  cf  AS  segen,  segn,  a 
  sign,  standard,  banner,  also  fr  L.  signum.  Cf  {Ensign}, 
  {Resign},  {Seal}  a  stamp,  {Signal},  {Signet}.] 
  That  by  which  anything  is  made  known  or  represented;  that 
  which  furnishes  evidence;  a  mark;  a  token;  an  indication;  a 
  proof.  Specifically: 
  a  A  remarkable  event,  considered  by  the  ancients  as 
  indicating  the  will  of  some  deity;  a  prodigy;  an  omen. 
  b  An  event  considered  by  the  Jews  as  indicating  the  divine 
  will  or  as  manifesting  an  interposition  of  the  divine 
  power  for  some  special  end  a  miracle;  a  wonder. 
 
  Through  mighty  signs  and  wonders,  by  the  power  of 
  the  Spirit  of  God.  --Rom.  xv  19. 
 
  It  shall  come  to  pass,  if  they  will  not  believe 
  thee,  neither  hearken  to  the  voice  of  the  first 
  sign,  that  they  will  believe  the  voice  of  the 
  latter  sign.  --Ex.  iv  8. 
  c  Something  serving  to  indicate  the  existence,  or  preserve 
  the  memory,  of  a  thing  a  token;  a  memorial;  a  monument. 
 
  What  time  the  fire  devoured  two  hundred  and  fifty 
  men,  and  they  became  a  sign.  --Num.  xxvi. 
  10. 
  d  Any  symbol  or  emblem  which  prefigures,  typifles  or 
  represents,  an  idea;  a  type  hence  sometimes  a  picture. 
 
  The  holy  symbols,  or  signs,  are  not  barely 
  significative;  but  what  they  represent  is  as 
  certainly  delivered  to  us  as  the  symbols 
  themselves.  --Brerewood. 
 
  Saint  George  of  Merry  England,  the  sign  of  victory. 
  --Spenser. 
  e  A  word  or  a  character  regarded  as  the  outward 
  manifestation  of  thought;  as  words  are  the  sign  of 
  ideas. 
  f  A  motion,  an  action  or  a  gesture  by  which  a  thought  is 
  expressed,  or  a  command  or  a  wish  made  known 
 
  They  made  signs  to  his  father,  how  he  would  have 
  him  called  --Luke  i.  62. 
  g  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. 
 
  Note:  Educaters  of  the  deaf  distinguish  between  natural 
  signs,  which  serve  for  communicating  ideas,  and 
  methodical,  or  systematic,  signs,  adapted  for  the 
  dictation,  or  the  rendering,  of  written  language,  word 
  by  word  and  thus  the  signs  are  to  be  distinguished 
  from  the  manual  alphabet,  by  which  words  are  spelled  on 
  the  fingers. 
  h  A  military  emblem  carried  on  a  banner  or  a  standard. 
  --Milton. 
  i  A  lettered  board,  or  other  conspicuous  notice,  placed 
  upon  or  before  a  building,  room  shop,  or  office  to 
  advertise  the  business  there  transacted,  or  the  name  of 
  the  person  or  firm  carrying  it  on  a  publicly  displayed 
  token  or  notice. 
 
  The  shops  were  therefore,  distinguished  by  painted 
  signs,  which  gave  a  gay  and  grotesque  aspect  to  the 
  streets.  --Macaulay. 
  j  (Astron.)  The  twelfth  part  of  the  ecliptic  or  zodiac. 
 
  Note:  The  signs  are  reckoned  from  the  point  of  intersection 
  of  the  ecliptic  and  equator  at  the  vernal  equinox,  and 
  are  named  respectively,  {Aries}  ([Aries]),  {Taurus} 
  ([Taurus]),  {Gemini}  (II),  {Cancer}  ([Cancer]),  {Leo} 
  ([Leo]),  {Virgo}  ([Virgo]),  {Libra}  ([Libra]), 
  {Scorpio}  ([Scorpio]),  {Sagittarius}  ([Sagittarius]), 
  {Capricornus  ([Capricorn]),  {Aquarius}  ([Aquarius]), 
  {Pisces}  ([Pisces]).  These  names  were  originally  the 
  names  of  the  constellations  occupying  severally  the 
  divisions  of  the  zodiac,  by  which  they  are  still 
  retained;  but  in  consequence  of  the  procession  of  the 
  equinoxes,  the  signs  have  in  process  of  time,  become 
  separated  about  30  degrees  from  these  constellations, 
  and  each  of  the  latter  now  lies  in  the  sign  next  in 
  advance,  or  to  the  east  of  the  one  which  bears  its 
  name  as  the  constellation  Aries  in  the  sign  Taurus, 
  etc 
  k  (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 
  l  (Med.)  An  objective  evidence  of  disease;  that  is  one 
  appreciable  by  some  one  other  than  the  patient. 
 
  Note:  The  terms  symptom  and  and  sign  are  often  used 
  synonymously;  but  they  may  be  discriminated.  A  sign 
  differs  from  a  symptom  in  that  the  latter  is  perceived 
  only  by  the  patient  himself.  The  term  sign  is  often 
  further  restricted  to  the  purely  local  evidences  of 
  disease  afforded  by  direct  examination  of  the  organs 
  involved,  as  distinguished  from  those  evidence  of 
  general  disturbance  afforded  by  observation  of  the 
  temperature,  pulse,  etc  In  this  sense  it  is  often 
  called  physical  sign. 
  m  (Mus.)  Any  character,  as  a  flat,  sharp,  dot,  etc 
  n  (Theol.)  That  which  being  external,  stands  for  or 
  signifies,  something  internal  or  spiritual;  --  a  term 
  used  in  the  Church  of  England  in  speaking  of  an  ordinance 
  considered  with  reference  to  that  which  it  represents. 
 
  An  outward  and  visible  sign  of  an  inward  and 
  spiritual  grace.  --Bk.  of 
  Common  Prayer. 
 
  Note:  See  the  Table  of  {Arbitrary  Signs},  p.  1924. 
 
  {Sign  manual}. 
  a  (Eng.  Law)  The  royal  signature  superscribed  at  the  top  of 
  bills  of  grants  and  letter  patent,  which  are  then  sealed 
  with  the  privy  signet  or  great  seal,  as  the  case  may  be 
  to  complete  their  validity. 
  b  The  signature  of  one's  name  in  one's  own  handwriting. 
  --Craig.  Tomlins  Wharton. 
 
  Syn:  Token;  mark;  note;  symptom;  indication;  signal;  symbol; 
  type  omen;  prognostic;  presage;  manifestation.  See 
  {Emblem}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sign  \Sign\,  v.  i. 
  1.  To  be  a  sign  or  omen.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sign  \Sign\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Signed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Signing}.]  [OE.  seinen  to  bless,  originally,  to  make  the 
  sign  of  the  cross  over  in  this  sense  fr  ASS.  segnian  (from 
  segn,  n.),  or  OF  seignier,  F.  signer,  to  mark,  to  sign  (in 
  sense  3),  fr  L.  signare  to  mark,  set  a  mark  upon  from 
  signum.  See  {Sign},  n.] 
  1.  To  represent  by  a  sign;  to  make  known  in  a  typical  or 
  emblematic  manner,  in  distinction  from  speech;  to  signify. 
 
  I  signed  to  Browne  to  make  his  retreat.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  2.  To  make  a  sign  upon  to  mark  with  a  sign. 
 
  We  receive  this  child  into  the  congregation  of 
  Christ's  flock,  and  do  sign  him  with  the  sign  of  the 
  cross.  --Bk.  of  Com 
  Prayer. 
 
  3.  To  affix  a  signature  to  to  ratify  by  hand  or  seal;  to 
  subscribe  in  one's  own  handwriting. 
 
  Inquire  the  Jew's  house  out  give  him  this  deed,  And 
  let  him  sign  it  --Shak. 
 
  4.  To  assign  or  convey  formally;  --  used  with  away 
 
  5.  To  mark;  to  make  distinguishable.  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sign 
  adj  :  used  of  the  language  of  the  deaf  [syn:  {gestural},  {sign(a)}, 
  {signed},  {sign-language(a)}] 
  n  1:  a  perceptible  indication  of  something  not  immediately 
  apparent  (as  a  visible  clue  that  something  has 
  happened);  "he  showed  signs  of  strain";  "they  welcomed 
  the  signs  of  spring"  [syn:  {mark}] 
  2:  a  public  display  of  a  (usually  written)  message;  "he  posted 
  signs  in  all  the  shop  windows" 
  3:  any  communication  that  encodes  a  message;  "signals  from  the 
  boat  sudddenly  stopped"  [syn:  {signal},  {signaling}] 
  4:  a  board  on  which  advertisements  can  be  posted;  "the  highway 
  was  lined  with  signboards"  [syn:  {signboard}] 
  5:  one  of  12  equal  areas  into  which  the  zodiac  is  divided  [syn: 
  {sign  of  the  zodiac},  {mansion},  {house},  {planetary 
  house}] 
  6:  (medical)  any  objective  evidence  of  the  presence  of  a 
  disorder  or  disease;  "there  were  no  signs  of  asphixiation" 
  7:  having  an  indicated  pole  (as  the  distinction  between 
  positive  and  negative  electric  charges);  "he  got  the 
  polarity  of  the  battery  reversed";  "charges  of  opposite 
  sign"  [syn:  {polarity}] 
  8:  an  event  that  is  experienced  as  indicating  important  things 
  to  come  "he  hoped  it  was  an  augury";  "it  was  a  sign  from 
  God"  [syn:  {augury}] 
  9:  a  gesture  that  is  part  of  a  sign  language 
  10:  a  character  indicating  a  relation  between  quantities;  "don't 
  forget  the  minus  sign" 
  v  1:  mark  with  one's  signature;  write  one's  name  (on);  "She 
  signed  the  letter  and  sent  it  off";  "Please  sign  here" 
  [syn:  {subscribe}] 
  2:  write  one's  name  in  token  of  assent,  responsibility,  or 
  obligation;  "All  parties  signed  the  peace  treaty";  "Have 
  you  signed  your  contract  yet?"  [syn:  {ratify}] 
  3:  be  engaged  by  a  written  agreement;  "He  signed  to  play  the 
  casino  on  Dec.  18";  "The  soprano  signed  to  sing  the  new 
  opera" 
  4:  engage  by  written  agreement;  "They  signed  two  new  pitchers 
  for  the  next  season"  [syn:  {fee},  {contract},  {sign  on},  {sign 
  up}] 
  5:  converse  silently  and  non-verbally;  converse  in  sign 
  language;  "I  don't  know  how  to  sign,  so  I  could  not 
  communicate  with  my  deaf  cousin"  [syn:  {signal},  {signalize}] 
  6:  place  signs,  as  along  a  road;  "sign  an  intersection";  "This 
  road  has  been  signed" 
  7:  communicate  by  a  sign  or  signs;  "She  signed  that  she  was 
  prepared  to  come  along" 
  8:  make  the  sign  of  the  cross  over  someone  in  order  to  call  on 
  God  for  protection;  consecrate  [syn:  {bless}] 




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