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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having a handwritten signature; "a signed letter" [ant: unsigned]
2: used of the language of the deaf [syn: gestural, sign, signed, sign-language]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1873 having a sign; especially having a plus or minus sign <signed numbers like +6 and -4>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sign Sign, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Signed; p. pr. & vb. n. Signing.] [OE. seinen to bless, originally, to make the sign of the cross over; in this sense fr. ASS. segnian (from segn, n.), or OF. seignier, F. signer, to mark, to sign (in sense 3), fr. L. signare to mark, set a mark upon, from signum. See Sign, n.] 1. To represent by a sign; to make known in a typical or emblematic manner, in distinction from speech; to signify. I signed to Browne to make his retreat. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To make a sign upon; to mark with a sign. We receive this child into the congregation of Christ's flock, and do sign him with the sign of the cross. --Bk. of Com Prayer. 3. To affix a signature to; to ratify by hand or seal; to subscribe in one's own handwriting. Inquire the Jew's house out, give him this deed, And let him sign it. --Shak. 4. To assign or convey formally; -- used with away. 5. To mark; to make distinguishable. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Privy Priv"y, a. [F. priv['e], fr. L. privatus. See Private.] 1. Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. `` Privee knights and squires.'' --Chaucer. 2. Secret; clandestine. `` A privee thief.'' --Chaucer. 3. Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public. `` Privy chambers.'' --Ezek. xxi. 14. 4. Admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction; secretly cognizant; privately knowing. His wife also being privy to it. --Acts v. 2. Myself am one made privy to the plot. --Shak. Privy chamber, a private apartment in a royal residence. [Eng.] Privy council (Eng. Law), the principal council of the sovereign, composed of the cabinet ministers and other persons chosen by the king or queen. --Burrill. Privy councilor, a member of the privy council. Privy purse, moneys set apart for the personal use of the monarch; also, the title of the person having charge of these moneys. [Eng.] --Macaulay. Privy seal or signed, the seal which the king uses in grants, etc., which are to pass the great seal, or which the uses in matters of subordinate consequence which do not require the great seal; also, elliptically, the principal secretary of state, or person intrusted with the privy seal. [Eng.] Privy verdict, a verdict given privily to the judge out of court; -- now disused. --Burrill.

Moby Thesaurus

accepted, acknowledged, admitted, affirmed, agreed, allowed, approved, arranged, authenticated, avowed, certified, compacted, conceded, confessed, confirmed, contracted, countersigned, covenanted, endorsed, engaged, granted, notarized, professed, promised, ratified, received, recognized, sealed, settled, stamped, stipulated, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, undertaken, underwritten, validated, warranted