undersignv.
/ˌʌndəˈsʌɪn/, U.S. /ˌəndərˈsaɪn/ transitive. To sign one's name below (a writing).
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society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > personal identification > signature > sign (a document) [verb (transitive)]
sign1442
assign1563
underwrite1569
subsign1572
undersign1580
paragraph1601
style1619
side-sign1708
signature1766
re-sign1805
autographize1822
autograph1833
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Soubsigner, to vnder~signe.
1770 L. Scrafton Refl. Govt. Indostan (ed. 2) 80 These words were written in his own hand, at the beginning of the Treaty, and were undersigned by him.
Derivatives
undersigner n.
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society > law > legal document > [noun] > subscribing to a document > one who
subscriber1574
underwritera1639
underscriber1681
undersubscriber1681
undersigner1753
maker1848
1753 Scots Mag. 15 19/1 The under~signer has the honour to present..copies of the decrees.
undersigning n.
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society > law > legal document > [noun] > subscribing to a document
subscribing1444
subscriving1445
underwriting1598
undersigning1611
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Sottoscrittione, a subscription, an vnder signing or writing.
1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Piccolomini ii. ii. 71 All rests upon his undersigning.
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