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signedadj.1

Brit. /sʌɪnd/, U.S. /saɪnd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sign v.1, -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < sign v.1 + -ed suffix1. In sense 1b after Dutch †ghezegeld (now gezegeld ), use as adjective of past participle of zegelen seal v.1 In sense 2 after post-classical Latin clavis signata (15th cent. or earlier).
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a. Provided with a signature or signatures. Also of an article, work, etc.: that has the name of the creator or author affixed. Also figurative.
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society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > personal identification > signature > [adjective]
manual1416
signed1440
subsigned1565
subscribed1655
autographed1817
1440 in A. T. Bannister Reg. Thome Spofford (1919) 234 (MED) Of the which [grants] and also of the said supplicacion signed copyes be closed with in these to the intent that yowre lordship may see thaime.
1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. xviij. f. 118v Go blissefull scroll to Heros handes... She with tooth shall go about the signed seale to rippe.
1576 T. Achelley tr. M. Bandello Most Lamentable & Tragicall Hist. sig. D. ijv The Post, who of this Embassage, The full effect had scand: Surrenders vp the signed briefe, To Violentas hand.
1658 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist. Life King Charles 267 Which in truth are point blank in effect contrary to the signed Articles of Pacification.
1689 J. Phillips tr. Dilucidation Late Commotions in Turkey i. 20 That they should send a blank signed Paper to Poland; that so that Crown laying hold of so great an Advantage, might serve for a means to quiet the Muscovites.
1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 76 Upon an signed Information given in against the said C.D.
1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 ii. 202/1 A protest was entered against a signed list, pretending to be sent by Lord Forbes.
1814 F. Burney Wanderer I. i. vii. 129 Ireton then..declared, that he would lodge an information against him, if he delivered any letter..without a signed receipt.
c1893 H. G. Wells Let. in Exper. Autobiogr. (1934) I. vi. 392 They have let me sign an article in the Pall Mall Gazette,..and signed articles in dailies is a distinct advance for a poor wretch like me.
1930 G. B. Shaw Apple Cart i. 30 I shall not leave this room until I have His Majesty's signed pledge that its conditions will be observed.
1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 June 334/2 It is a signed portrait. It is also a highly appealing, fair and convincing one.
1973 Times 28 Apr. 11/3 Both recordings contain versions of the ‘signed’ motet Illibata Dei, so called because the composer's name is spelled out in the text as an acrostic.
2008 Time Out N.Y. 15 May 58/1 Literary raffle prizes like..a signed copy of How ‘Sassy’ Changed My Life.
b. = sealed adj. 1a. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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society > communication > correspondence > letter > [adjective] > sealed
signed1647
society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > [adjective] > sealed
sealeda1225
bulled1330
signed1647
wafered1829
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A signed letter, een ghezegelden brief.
2. Music. Of a clef, key, etc.: noted on the stave using a certain sign. Now historical and rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [adjective] > signature
signed1562
1562 T. Sternhold et al. Whole Bk. Psalmes To Rdr. sig. ✠.v The fourth standeth in the signed kaie or cleaue, wherfore it standeth in c, sol, fa, vt, whiche ye must expresse by fa.
1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Annot. sig. ¶3 Claues signatae, or signed Cliffes,..be signes for all songes.
1654 J. Playford Breefe Introd. Skill Musick ii. 7 These three Cleaves are called the three signed Cleaves, because they are always set at the beginning of every line of a Song, or Lesson.
1734 E. Gibson Excellent Use Psalmody (new ed.) Introd. The Cliffs, or signed Keys,..as to Character or Figure they are but Three.
1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 31 The use of particular signed Cleffs then is an improvement with respect to the parts of any composition.
1815 C. Hutton Philos. & Mathem. Dict. (new ed.) I. 326/1 There are three of these signed clefs, c,f,g.
1981 Jrnl. Res. in Music Educ. 29 67 If ‘clef’ was used in the modern sense, it was usually labeled a ‘signed’ clef.
3. Of a road, path, etc.: provided with a sign or signs displaying directions or other information. Frequently with modifying adverb.
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1912 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 19 July 12/2 The preferable route..is via the Bouquet canyon from Elizabeth Lake to Saugus; it is not a signed road.
1955 A. D. Parsons et al. Maroon Square iv. 57 A long march on a hot day was made longer by the steep hills and a badly signed cross-country route.
1993 D. I. Aitkenhead Bicycling Atlantic Coast 209 The only downside of today's ride is the lack of signed streets.
2005 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 9 Oct. viii. 1/1 Along a twisty, narrow, inconsistently signed road scattershot with potholes, we'll pass ramshackle fishing villages by sparkling blue Caribbean waters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

signedadj.2

Forms: 1800s 'signed.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: assigned adj.
Etymology: Aphetic < assigned adj. Compare earlier sign v.2
Australian. Obsolete.
= assigned adj. Additions.
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1834 Hobart Town Mag. Feb. 313 What d—— fools..was these here 'signed servants.
1894 G. M. Fenn First in Field xix. 201 He thinks, because a chap's a 'signed servant, he's to be bullied and kicked.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

signedadj.3

Brit. /sʌɪnd/, U.S. /saɪnd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sign n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < sign n. + -ed suffix2. Compare unsigned adj.2
Of a number: having a (plus or minus) sign; distinguished as positive or negative. Cf. unsigned adj.2, signless adj. 3.
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the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective] > prime > positive, negative, or unsigned
affirmative?1665
negative1669
negativo-affirmative1728
positive1743
signless1847
signed1871
unsigned1953
1871 Educ. Times 1 June 69/2 We regard u as..a vector on a line, i.e. a signed magnitude.
1905 Proc. Royal Soc. Edinb. 25 372 The sum of the signed primary minors of a determinant.
1969 J. J. Sparkes Transistor Switching viii. 193 When writing ‘signed’ numbers the sign digit is identified with a bar over it.
1992 G. A. Kramer Solving Geom. Constraint Syst. 200 Planes have a positive and negative face, and the distance to a plane is a signed quantity.
2005 J. Catsoulis Designing Embedded Hardware (ed. 2) ii. 34 16-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit signed numbers work in the same way. The most significant bit represents the sign.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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