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▪ I. † ˈsignment1 Obs. In 5 si(g)ne-, 6 sygnement. [Aphetic form of assignment: cf. sign v.2] Assignment, appointment.
1429Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 147 He is redy to delyvir hym, and not abasshe, By signement of the kyng, tyme and place. 1479–81Rec. St. Mary at Hill (1905) 106 Item, payd to Nevell the iremonger at the synement of the parysshe for diuerse stuffe boght of hym. 1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. xxxix. 121 They were payde of theyr wages, or had suffycyent sygnement, so yt they were pleased. ▪ II. † ˈsignment2 Obs.—1 [f. sign v.1] A body of persons who have signed a document or agreement.
a1660Contemp. Hist. Irel. (Ir. Archæol. Soc.) I. 223 They name the former signment the Assembly of Ireland both Nobles and Comons;..all the nobilitie of the faction did signe to this Henritian oathe. |