n. Additional signification. [ R. ] Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. adsignificare to show. ] To denote additionally. [ R. ] Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a sign language, used in the United States mostly by the deaf or for communication with the deaf, in which gestures made with the hands symbolize words, alphabetical letters, or ideas, permitting rapid communication in the absence of speech.
Syn. -- Ameslan. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Assigned p. pr. & vb. n. Assigning. ] [ OE. assignen, asignen, F. assigner, fr. L. assignare; ad + signare to mark, mark out, designate, signum mark, sign. See Sign. ] 1. To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the order I assign to them. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The man who could feel thus was worthy of a better station than that in which his lot had been assigned. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

He assigned to his men their several posts. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial. [ 1913 Webster ]

All as the dwarf the way to her assigned. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is not easy to assign a period more eventful. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors. [ 1913 Webster ]

To assign dower, to set out by metes and bounds the widow's share or portion in an estate. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Law) To transfer or pass over property to another, whether for the benefit of the assignee or of the assignor's creditors, or in furtherance of some trust. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From Assign, v. ] A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Six French rapiers and poniards, with their assigns, as girdles, hangers, and so. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Assignee. ] (Law) A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being assignable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being assigned, allotted, specified, or designated; as, an assignable note or bill; an assignable reason; an assignable quantity. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. assignat, fr. L. assignatus, p. p. of assignare. ] One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on the security of the lands of the church and of nobles which had been appropriated by the state. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. assignatio, fr. assignare: cf. F. assignation. ] 1. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment. [ 1913 Webster ]

This order being taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

While nymphs take treats, or assignations give. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment. [ 1913 Webster ]

House of assignation, a house in which appointments for sexual intercourse are fulfilled. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. assigné, p. p. of assigner. See Assign, v., and cf. Assign an assignee. ] (Law) (a) A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act, perform some business, or enjoy some right, privilege, or property; as, an assignee of a bankrupt. See Assignment (c). An assignee may be by special appointment or deed, or be created by jaw; as an executor. Cowell. Blount. (b) pl. In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who assigns, appoints, allots, or apportions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. assignamentum: cf. OF. assenement. ] 1. An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) (a) A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands. (b) The writing by which an interest is transferred. (c) The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors. [ 1913 Webster ]

Assignment of dower, the setting out by metes and bounds of the widow's thirds or portion in the deceased husband's estate, and allotting it to her. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Assignment is also used in law as convertible with specification; assignment of error in proceedings for review being specification of error; and assignment of perjury or fraud in indictment being specifications of perjury or fraud. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. assignator. Cf. Assigner. ] (Law) An assigner; a person who assigns or transfers an interest; as, the assignor of a debt or other chose in action. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Back, adv. + sight. ] (Surv.) The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. ba`sis base + gynh` woman. ] (Bot.) The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Railroads) One of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the movement of trains in a block system. The signal is often so coupled with a switch that act of opening or closing the switch operates the signal also. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. a sighting device in an aircraft for aiming bombs. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Seeing with clearness; acutely perceptive, discerning; as, clear-sighted reason.
Syn. -- clear-eyed, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, clear-headed. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having sharp clear vision. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Acute discernment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Consigned 3; p. pr. & vb. n. Consigning. ] [ F. consigner, L. consignare, -signatu, to seal or sign; con- + signare, fr. signum mark. See Sign. ] 1. To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of possession; as, to consign the body to the grave. [ 1913 Webster ]

At the day of general account, good men are to be consigned over to another state. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give in charge; to commit; to intrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

Atrides, parting for the Trojan war,
Consigned the youthful consort to his care. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

The four evangelists consigned to writing that history. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Com.) To send or address (by bill of lading or otherwise) to an agent or correspondent in another place, to be cared for or sold, or for the use of such correspondent; as, to consign a cargo or a ship; to consign goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To assign; to devote; to set apart. [ 1913 Webster ]

The French commander consigned it to the use for which it was intended by the donor. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To stamp or impress; to affect. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Consign my spirit with great fear. Jer. Taylor.

Syn. -- To commit; deliver; intrust; resign. See Commit. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To submit; to surrender or yield one's self. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All lovers young, all lovers must
Consign to thee, and come to dust. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To yield consent; to agree; to acquiesce. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Augment or alter . . .
And we'll consign thereto. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Consignitary. ] A consignee. [ Obs. ] Jenkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. consignatio written proof, document: cf. F. consignation comsignation. ] 1. The act of consigning; the act of delivering or committing to another person, place, or state. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So is despair a certain consignation to eternal ruin. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of ratifying or establishing, as if by signing; confirmation; ratification. [ 1913 Webster ]

A direct consignation of pardon. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A stamp; an indication; a sign. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The most certain consignations of an excellent virtue. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Consignitary. ] One of several that jointly sign a written instrument, as a treaty. Fallows. [ 1913 Webster ]

135), n. Joint signature. [ R. ] Colgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Mil.) (a) A countersign; a watchword. (b) One who is orders to keep within certain limits. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. consign&unr_;, p. p. of consigner. ] The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a factor; -- correlative to consignor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consigner and consignee are used by merchants to express generally the shipper of merchandise, and the person to whom it is addressed, by bill of lading or otherwise. De Colange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who consigns. See Consignor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having joint or equal signification; synonymous. [ R. ] Spelman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Joint signification. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consignificant; jointly significate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. con- + sognify. ] To signify or denote in combination with something else. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cipher . . . only serves to connote and consignify, and to change the value or the figures. Horne Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of consigning; consignation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Com.) The act of consigning or sending property to an agent or correspondent in another place, as for care, sale, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Com.) That which is consigned; the goods or commodities sent or addressed to a consignee at one time or by one conveyance. [ 1913 Webster ]

To increase your consignments of this valuable branch of national commerce. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The writing by which anything is consigned. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who consigns something to another; -- opposed to consignee. [ Written also consigner. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the same signification. Cockerham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. co- + sign. Cf. Signatory. ] Signing some important public document with another or with others; as, a treaty violated by one of the cosignitary powers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cosignitaries One who signs a treaty or public document along with others or another; as, the cosignitaries of the treaty of Berlin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Countersigned p. pr. & vb. n. Countersigning. ] [ Counter- + sign: cf. F. contresigner. ] To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in order to attest the authenticity of a writing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. The signature of a secretary or other officer to a writing signed by a principal or superior, to attest its authenticity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) A private signal, word, or phrase, which must be given in order to pass a sentry; a watchword. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed.
Syn. -- countersign. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. de- + sight. ] An unsightly object. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of making unsightly; disfigurement. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To substitute jury masts at whatever desightment or damage in risk. London Times. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Designed p. pr. & vb. n. Designing. ] [ F. désigner to designate, cf. F. dessiner to draw, dessin drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See Sign, and cf. Design, n., Designate. ] 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint. [ 1913 Webster ]

We shall see
Justice design the victor's chivalry. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Meet me to-morrow where the master
And this fraternity shall design. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a statue, or a cathedral. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To intend or purpose; -- usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ask of politicians the end for which laws were originally designed. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was designed to the study of the law. Dryden.

Syn. -- To sketch; plan; purpose; intend; propose; project; mean. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To form a design or designs; to plan. [ 1913 Webster ]

Design for, to intend to go to. [ Obs. ] “From this city she designed for Collin [ Cologne ].” Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. dessein, dessin. ] 1. A preliminary sketch; an outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed, as of a picture, a building, or a decoration; a delineation; a plan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be expressed in a visible form or carried into action; intention; purpose; -- often used in a bad sense for evil intention or purpose; scheme; plot. [ 1913 Webster ]

The vast design and purpos&unr_; of the King. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

The leaders of that assembly who withstood the designs of a besotted woman. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

A . . . settled design upon another man's life. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

How little he could guess the secret designs of the court! Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument from design. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The realization of an inventive or decorative plan; esp., a work of decorative art considered as a new creation; conception or plan shown in completed work; as, this carved panel is a fine design, or of a fine design. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mus.) The invention and conduct of the subject; the disposition of every part, and the general order of the whole. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arts of design, those into which the designing of artistic forms and figures enters as a principal part, as architecture, painting, engraving, sculpture. --
School of design, one in which are taught the invention and delineation of artistic or decorative figures, patterns, and the like.

Syn. -- Intention; purpose; scheme; project; plan; idea. -- Design, Intention, Purpose. Design has reference to something definitely aimed at. Intention points to the feelings or desires with which a thing is sought. Purpose has reference to a settled choice or determination for its attainment. “I had no design to injure you, ” means it was no part of my aim or object. “I had no intention to injure you, ” means, I had no wish or desire of that kind. “My purpose was directly the reverse, ” makes the case still stronger. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is he a prudent man . . . that lays designs only for a day, without any prospect to the remaining part of his life? Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

I wish others the same intention, and greater successes. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is the purpose that makes strong the vow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being designated or distinctly marked out; distinguishable. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. designatus, p. p. of designare. See Design, v. t. ] Designated; appointed; chosen. [ R. ] Sir G. Buck. [ 1913 Webster ]