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Signet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A seal, especially one used officially to mark documents.

n. The impression made with such a seal.

v. To mark or endorse with a signet.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. an object (especially a ring) formerly used to impress a picture into the sealing wax of a document as a proof of its origin

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by bill under the sign manual; -- called also privy signet.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A seal, especially a private seal, used instead of signing the name, or in addition to it, for verification of papers or the like.

n. The stamp of a signet; an impression made by or as if by a signet.

n. The ring-shaped form of the Plasmodium of malaria. See signet-ring, 2.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a seal (especially one used to mark documents officially)

Word Usage

"But the order of male succession was asserted by the friends of their country; the lawful heir drew the royal signet from the finger of his insensible or conscious father and the empire obeyed the master of the palace."

Verb Form

signeted signeting signets

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

stamp seal

Cross Reference

privy signet Seal (device)

Variant

privy signet

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

seal sea

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

figura diadem crucis sign-manual