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countersign

[ noun verb koun-ter-sahyn; verb koun-ter-sahyn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a sign used in reply to another sign.
Military. a secret sign that must be given by authorized persons seeking admission through a guarded area.
a signature added to another signature, especially for authentication.

to sign (a document that has been signed by someone else), especially in confirmation or authentication.

countersign

1585–95; counter- + sign, modeled on Middle French contresigne, or its source, Old Italian contrasegno

But since you have dined rather heartily, you kiss her upon the forehead merely, not feeling able to countersign your opinions.

I had no pass to get back with, and didn't know the countersign, but I bluffed through all right.

I'se under the orders of de United States Guvement, and dem orders is to let nobody parss here what can't gib de countersign.

He is not obliged to know his own officers or comrades, or the commanding general, only through the means of the countersign.

No Captain; no Colonel; no General, dare disobey it, unless he has his pass or can give the "countersign."

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