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Adsignification
Adsignification Ad*sig`ni*fi*ca"tion, n.
Additional signification. [R.] --Tooke.
Adsignify
Adsignify Ad*sig"ni*fy, v. t. [L. adsignificare to show.]
To denote additionally. [R.] --Tooke.
AssignAssign As*sign", 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. AssignAssign As*sign", n. [From Assign, v.]
A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an
appurtenance. [Obs.]
Six French rapiers and poniards, with their assigns, as
girdles, hangers, and so. --Shak. Assignability
Assignability As*sign`a*bil"i*ty, n.
The quality of being assignable.
Assignable
Assignable As*sign"a*ble, a.
Capable of being assigned, allotted, specified, or
designated; as, an assignable note or bill; an assignable
reason; an assignable quantity.
Assignat
Assignat As`si`gnat" (?; 277), 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.
AssignationAssignation As`sig*na"tion, n. [L. assignatio, fr. assignare:
cf. F. assignation.]
1. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.
This order being taken in the senate, as touching
the appointment and assignation of those provinces.
--Holland.
2. An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview;
-- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a
bad sense.
While nymphs take treats, or assignations give.
--Pope.
3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment.
House of assignation, a house in which appointments for
sexual intercourse are fulfilled. Assigner
Assigner As*sign"er ([a^]s*s[imac]n"[~e]r), n.
One who assigns, appoints, allots, or apportions.
AssignorAssignor As`sign*or", 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. Austral signsAustral Aus"tral, a. [L. australis, fr. auster: cf. F.
austral.]
Southern; lying or being in the south; as, austral land;
austral ocean.
Austral signs (Astron.), the last six signs of the zodiac,
or those south of the equator. Autumnal signsAutumnal Au*tum"nal, a. [L. auctumnalis, autumnalis: cf. F.
automnal.]
1. Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal
tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal fruits;
flowering in autumn; as, an autumnal plant.
Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In
Vallombrosa. --Milton.
2. Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
An autumnal matron. --Hawthorne.
Autumnal equinox, the time when the sun crosses the
equator, as it proceeds southward, or when it passes the
autumnal point.
Autumnal point, the point of the equator intersected by the
ecliptic, as the sun proceeds southward; the first point
of Libra.
Autumnal signs, the signs Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius,
through which the sun passes between the autumnal equinox
and winter solstice. Bathymaster signatusRonchil Ron"chil, n. [Cf. Sp. ronquillo slightly hoarse.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An American marine food fish (Bathymaster signatus) of the
North Pacific coast, allied to the tilefish. [Written also
ronquil.] Block signal
Block signal Block signal (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.
Cardinal signsCardinal Car"di*nal, a. [L. cardinalis, fr. cardo the hinge of
a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: cf. F.
cardinal.]
Of fundamental importance; pre["e]minent; superior; chief;
principal.
The cardinal intersections of the zodiac. --Sir T.
Browne.
Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. --Drayton.
But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye.
--Shak.
Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in
distinction from first, second, third, etc., which are
called ordinal numbers.
Cardinal points
(a) (Geol.) The four principal points of the compass, or
intersections of the horizon with the meridian and the
prime vertical circle, north, south east, and west.
(b) (Astrol.) The rising and setting of the sun, the zenith
and nadir.
Cardinal signs (Astron.) Aries, Libra, Cancer, and
Capricorn.
Cardinal teeth (Zo["o]l.), the central teeth of bivalve
shell. See Bivalve.
Cardinal veins (Anat.), the veins in vertebrate embryos,
which run each side of the vertebral column and returm the
blood to the heart. They remain through life in some
fishes.
Cardinal virtues, pre["e]minent virtues; among the
ancients, prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude.
Cardinal winds, winds which blow from the cardinal points
due north, south, east, or west. ConsignConsign Con*sign", 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.
At the day of general account, good men are to be
consigned over to another state. --Atterbury.
2. To give in charge; to commit; to intrust.
Atrides, parting for the Trojan war, Consigned the
youthful consort to his care. --Pope.
The four evangelists consigned to writing that
history. --Addison.
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.
4. To assign; to devote; to set apart.
The French commander consigned it to the use for
which it was intended by the donor. --Dryden.
5. To stamp or impress; to affect. [Obs.]
Consign my spirit with great fear. --Jer. Taylor.
Syn: To commit; deliver; intrust; resign. See Commit. ConsignataryConsignatary Con*sig"na*ta*ry, n. [Cf. Consignitary.]
A consignee. [Obs.] --Jenkins. Consignation
Consignation Con`sig*na"tion, 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.]
So is despair a certain consignation to eternal
ruin. --Jer. Taylor.
2. The act of ratifying or establishing, as if by signing;
confirmation; ratification.
A direct consignation of pardon. --Jer. Taylor.
3. A stamp; an indication; a sign. [Obs.]
The most certain consignations of an excellent
virtue. --Jer. Taylor.
ConsignatoryConsignatory Con*sig"na*to*ry, n. [Cf. Consignitary.]
One of several that jointly sign a written instrument, as a
treaty. --Fallows. Consignature
Consignature Con*sig"na*ture; 135), n.
Joint signature. [R.] --Colgrave.
Consigne
Consigne Con"signe, n. [F.] (Mil.)
(a) A countersign; a watchword.
(b) One who is orders to keep within certain limits.
ConsignedConsign Con*sign", 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.
At the day of general account, good men are to be
consigned over to another state. --Atterbury.
2. To give in charge; to commit; to intrust.
Atrides, parting for the Trojan war, Consigned the
youthful consort to his care. --Pope.
The four evangelists consigned to writing that
history. --Addison.
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.
4. To assign; to devote; to set apart.
The French commander consigned it to the use for
which it was intended by the donor. --Dryden.
5. To stamp or impress; to affect. [Obs.]
Consign my spirit with great fear. --Jer. Taylor.
Syn: To commit; deliver; intrust; resign. See Commit. Consignee
Consignee Con`sign*ee" (?; 277), n. [F. consign?, p. p. of
consigner.]
The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a
factor; -- correlative to consignor.
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.
ConsignerConsigner Con*sign"er, n.
One who consigns. See Consignor. consignerConsignor Con*sign"or (? or ?; 277), n.
One who consigns something to another; -- opposed to
consignee. [Written also consigner.] Consignificant
Consignificant Con`sig*nif"i*cant, a.
Having joint or equal signification; synonymous. [R.]
--Spelman.
Consignification
Consignification Con*sig`ni*fi*ca"tion, n.
Joint signification. [R.]
Consignificative
Consignificative Con`sig*nif"i*ca*tive, a.
Consignificant; jointly significate. [R.]
Consignify
Consignify Con*sig"ni*fy, v. t. [Pref. con- + sognify.]
To signify or denote in combination with something else.
The cipher . . . only serves to connote and consignify,
and to change the value or the figures. --Horne Tooke.
ConsigningConsign Con*sign", 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.
At the day of general account, good men are to be
consigned over to another state. --Atterbury.
2. To give in charge; to commit; to intrust.
Atrides, parting for the Trojan war, Consigned the
youthful consort to his care. --Pope.
The four evangelists consigned to writing that
history. --Addison.
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.
4. To assign; to devote; to set apart.
The French commander consigned it to the use for
which it was intended by the donor. --Dryden.
5. To stamp or impress; to affect. [Obs.]
Consign my spirit with great fear. --Jer. Taylor.
Syn: To commit; deliver; intrust; resign. See Commit.
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