signableadj.
/ˈsʌɪnəbl/, U.S. /ˈsaɪnəb(ə)l/ 1. In early use: †requiring to be authenticated with a signature or similar mark (obsolete). Later: ready to be signed; that may be signed.
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1724 Rules & Orders Court King's Bench (ed. 3) 6 Deputy Keepers of the Seal..shall not seal..any..signable Writs issuing out of the said Court, unless the same Writs respectively be first signed with the Sign of the said Court.
1739 R. Richardson Attorney's Pract. Court King's Bench 13 The Signer of the Writs... His Duty is to sign all signable Writs.
1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches II. ix. 364 No French Treaty signed or signable till this thing be managed.
1863 All Year Round 24 Jan. 467/1 It was..the painful duty of the monarch to sign the death-warrant with his own hand: a custom which has since passed away, with much more signing of commissions, and anything that was signable.
1936 Let. 23 Sept. in Times 24 Sept. 8/3 The Portland Town petition to the Minister will be signable, as from Friday, September 25.
1975 City Press 7 Aug. 8/5 There was no attempt to formulate a signable policy.
2004 A. L. Kennedy Paradise (2006) 136 You wait for the paper to curl up and out, the signable receipt that will confirm the possibility of purchase.
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society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > personal identification > signature > [adjective] > capable of signing
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1802 G. Canning Let. in Ld. Malmesbury Diaries & Corr. (1844) IV. 96 I commit the paper to your discretion. If signable people should fall in your way, or if unsignable, but such as would likely be swayed.., use it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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