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单词 countersign
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countersignn.

Brit. /ˈkaʊntəsʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈkaʊn(t)ərˌsaɪn/
Etymology: < Old French contresigne, < Italian contrasegno ‘a counter token or signe’ (Florio): compare counter- prefix 2d.
1. A sign or signal used in reply to another sign; spec. a private signal, usually a word, given or to be given to a soldier on guard by any one entitled to pass; a watchword, pass-word.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > word or cry > [noun] > password
token1377
worda1500
watchworda1513
countersign1598
nayworda1616
tessera1647
counter-word1678
password1799
hard word1830
token pledge1896
tryst-word1896
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iv. 106 He ought to have a different countersigne, that when he returnes, he may be knowne thereby.
1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. iv. 149 If it had been thought of, to have answer'd her Signal by the usual countersign [the Gally] had infallibly been taken.
1799 R. B. Sheridan Pizarro v. i We are near our outposts, and the word we heard just now was the countersign.
1827 S. Hardman Battle of Waterloo 6 ‘Advance, patrole, and give the Countersign to me’. ‘The Countersign is London’.
1847 Infantry Man. (1854) 103 When a sentry is posted, the Countersign only is given him.
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 144 We who sigh for reform..have our secret communications..our signs and counter-signs.
2. A special sign or mark put on something for the purpose of authentication, identification, or reference; = countermark n.
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society > communication > indication > marking > marking to identify > mark of identification > [noun] > additional
countersign1591
countermark-
1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 67 It is necessary his ensigne have certain special countersignes and markes.
1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura sig. b5 Baccio Baldini his works, and countersign.
1842 H. E. Manning Serm. vii. 91 The character which was upon them was a legible countersign of their claim to be His servants.
3. A token in return. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > an answer, response > in form of a token
counter-token1611
countersign1628
1628 R. Le Grys tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. 156 Radirobanes..King of Sardinia..doth send this countersigne of contracted hospitality to thee, Meleander, King of Sicily.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

countersignv.

/ˌkaʊntəˈsʌɪn/
Etymology: < French contresigner (1415 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), in Italian contrasegnare ‘to countermarke’ (Florio): compare counter- prefix 1.
1.
a. transitive. To sign (a document) opposite to, alongside of, or in addition to, another signature; to add one's signature to (a document already signed by another) for authentication or confirmation.
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society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > personal identification > signature > sign (a document) [verb (transitive)] > countersign
countersign1696
back1768
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Contresigner, to subsigne.]
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Countersign, to sign a Patent or Order of a Superior, in quality of a Secretary, to render it more Authentic.
1714 Rep. Publick Accompts Kingdom 24 He..had a Warrant granted him, and countersign'd by the Secretary at War.
1806 G. Gregory Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 446 Charters are signed by the king, and countersigned by a secretary of state or lord chancellor.
1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism viii. 62 He brought an action against the Secretary of State who had countersigned the warrant for his arrest.
b. figurative. To confirm, sanction, ratify.
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the mind > language > statement > ratification or confirmation > confirm or ratify [verb (transitive)]
confirm1297
ratify1357
endoss1381
approve1413
roborate?a1475
establish1533
justify1596
firm1599
rate?1611
affeera1616
tie1623
convalidate1656
sanction1778
accredit1826
countersign1840
endorse1847
1840 T. De Quincey Style: No. III in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 511/1 What he founded upon a review of two nations and two literatures—we may now countersign by an experience of eight or nine.
1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos xviii. 241 ‘Blessed are the dead!’ How the death-chamber belies the utterance—refuses to countersign the strange benediction!
1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. v. 153 (note) As to dictionaries, the Dean [Swift] writes of them, as if he supposed their contents were countersigned beyond the stars.
2. To mark with a particular sign for authentication, identification, or reference. Obsolete.
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society > communication > indication > marking > marking to identify > be distinctive mark on [verb (transitive)] > put identifying mark on
betoken1382
signa1398
tokena1400
note1490
brand1587
countermark1611
signate1616
countersign1662
counter-note1665
lug-marka1699
check1928
1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura iv. 37 Martine of Antwerp, whose works..were usually countersign'd with M.
1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 8 If Mr. Camden hath not countersign'd them, then is his Draught imperfect.
1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 16 Two Stones countersigned by me with the Letters I I.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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