Sign

sīn, n. mark, token: proof: that by which a thing is known or represented: a word, gesture, symbol, or mark, intended to signify something else: a remarkable event: an omen: a miraculous manifestation: a memorial: something set up as a notice in a public place: ( math. ) a mark showing the relation of quantities or an operation to be performed: ( med. ) a symptom: ( astron. ) one of the twelve parts of the zodiac, each comprising 30 degrees of the ecliptic.— v.t. to represent or make known by a sign: to attach a signature to.— v.i. to give one's signature: to make a particular sign.— adj. Sign′able , capable of being, or requiring to be, signed.— ns. Sign′board , a board with a sign telling a man's occupation or articles for sale; Sign′er ; Sig′net , the privy-seal: ( B. ) a seal.— adj. Sig′neted , stamped or marked with a signet.— n. Sig′net-ring , a ring with a signet or private seal.— adj. Sign′le , making no sign.— ns. Sign′-man′ual , the royal signature, usually only the initial of the sovereign's name, with R. for Rex or Regina ; Sign′-paint′er , one who paints signs for shops, .; Sign′post , a post on which a sign is hung: a direction-post. [Fr. signe —L. signum. ]