单词 | signate |
释义 | signateadj.n. A. adj. 1. Distinguished or marked out in some way; designated. rare after 17th cent. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > [adjective] > identified or distinguished signate1649 cognizanced1836 1649 J. Ellistone tr. J. Böhme Epist. xxxii. xiv. 201 The Signate-star [Ger. Signat-Stern] above your pole shall help you. 1694 R. Blome tr. A. Le Grand Entire Body Philos. i. v. 13/1 It [sc. the individual] is twofold, either Indeterminate,..as a certain Man, a certain Woman: Or Signate and Determinate; as Julius Caesar, which is called Determinate by its Signification. 1905 C. S. Peirce in Monist 15 487 Every object of a conception is either a signate individual or some kind of indeterminate individual. 2. Scholastic Philosophy. Particular to an individual person. Usually in signate matter.Chiefly with reference to the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas. ΚΠ 1711 tr. S. Werenfels Disc. Logomachys 101 Then follow..the States, Amplications,..Signate Matter [L. materiae signatae],..and whole Cart-loads of Qualitys. 1890 Cent. Dict. 3662/3 Signate, designate, determinate, or individual matter, that which is diverse, though not in any character different, in all individuals. 1914 tr. St. Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica III. xxxi. 69 But bodily substance is something signate. Therefore Christ's flesh was in Adam, Abraham, and the other patriarchs, according to something signate. 1945 W. Farrell Compan. to Summa I. vii. 157 The human person..is distinguished from all other human persons in the way proper to human nature, that is by signate matter. 1996 Hist. Philos. Q. 13 9 The common matter that belongs to the human species is flesh and bone, while the signate matter that individuates this man..is this flesh and these bones. 3. Entomology. a. Of the surface of an insect's body: having markings that resemble letters or characters. Cf. signature n. 5c. Now rare. ΚΠ 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 286 Signate.., marked with signatures. Ex. Elytra of Macropus longimanus. 1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) In entom., having irregular spots or marks resembling letters; lettered. 1908 Rep. Entomol. Dept. New Jersey Agric. Coll. Exper. Station 1907 423 It will prove interesting now to find out what happens to the signate lady-bird beetle. ΚΠ 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 76 (heading) Pupa of Death's-head Moth.., showing the form of chrysalis known as ‘obtected’, or better, as ‘larvate’ or ‘signate’. 1899 M. Bernard & M. F. Woodward tr. E. Korschelt & K. Heider Text-bk. Embryol. Invertebr. III. 360 Such forms are known as mummy pupae (obtected, larvate, or signate pupa, chrysalis). A distinguishing mark or quality. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > [noun] tokenc1000 distinctionc1374 differencea1398 signeta1425 knowledge?c1475 smell?a1505 markc1522 badge1529 note1583 impress1590 monument1590 type1595 stamp1600 pressure1604 mintage1612 criterion1613 impressa1628 differencer1633 lineament1638 mole1644 discrimination1646 tessera1647 diagnostic1651 monumental1657 discretive1660 signate1662 footmark1666 trait1752 memorandum1766 fingerprint1792 insignia1796 identifier1807 designative1824 cachet1840 differentiator1854 tanga1867 trademark1869 signature1873 totem1875 differential1883 earmarkings1888 paw print1894 discriminator1943 ident1952 society > communication > indication > marking > marking to identify > mark of identification > [noun] marklOE signc1300 charactc1384 signaclec1384 badge1526 earmark1551 character1597 signature1605 stampa1616 designation1646 signation1646 insignition1660 signate1662 ear tag1876 ken-mark1885 laundry mark1924 pink triangle1950 sigillum1966 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 116 The power of the Species or particular kinde being unfolded, it assumeth divers Colours and Signates [L. signata]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † signatev. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.). transitive. To sign; to mark, stamp. ΘΚΠ 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 1616 P. Simson Short Compend Hist. First Ten Persecutions III. vii. 42 A Presbyter, when hee saieth Masse, let him..bee signated on his brest with the signe of the Crosse. 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie Pref. sig. Bv All plants..which have their stalks signated with cuts and slits (as it were) are sanative to scars and wounds. 1880 A. W. Ward in T. H. Ward Eng. Poets II. 445 Burnet..replied in his History of his own Time by signating Dryden as ‘a master of immodesty and impurity of all sorts’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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