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▪ I. ‖ insigne, n.
see insignia.
▪ II. † inˈsigne, a. Obs.
Also 8 insign.
[a. F. insigne (15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. insign-is distinguished, f. in- (in-2) + signum mark, sign.]
Distinguished, in a good or bad way; eminent, noted, remarkable.
c1465Eng. Chron. (Camden 1856) 93 Job thy seruant insygne Whom Sathan not cesethe to sette at care & dysdeyne. 1618Time's Store-house 1742 (L.) Your commendable and insigne enterprise deserveth great recompense. 1623tr. Favine's Theat. Hon. v. i. 50 To massacre the King..by an insigne trechery. 1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. vii. ii. (1852) 501 It is the cross in the ensign, which does now insignire, and render it insign. |