Signed
[saɪn]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Sign
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Examples
- I then signed to Mr. Peggotty to remain where he was, and emerged from their shade to speak to her. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Thus in January, 1880, his first patent application for a System of Electrical Distribution was signed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Specifications had been drawn, and I had signed and sworn to the application for patents for these seventy-eight inventions, and naturally I supposed they had been filed in the regular way. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This is a painful task,' said he, 'but these declarations, which have been signed in London before many gentlemen, must be in substance repeated here. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I signed to Penelope to come away with me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I held his power of attorney, and signed his checks. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The Treaty of Peace was finally signed at Paris in September. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When they were signed, he gave Mr. Godfrey Ablewhite two cheques. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Signed, GEORGE WASHINGTON, _President of the United States_. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Then they went into the vestry and signed the register. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Signed with our hands and seals. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Well, it is not for me to judge you, said Holmes as the old man signed the statement which had been drawn out. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- With those words she entered the summer-house, took one of the chairs at the little round table inside, and signed to me to take the other. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I signed to them to take off their boots quietly, as I was taking off mine. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Helstone signed to his bands. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- With those words he signed the paper in his turn. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Will you leave Rachel to suppose that I accept the generous self-sacrifice which has signed this paper? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Riviere had succeeded in imposing himself: Archer, reddening slightly, dropped into his chair again, and signed to the young man to be seated. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Why, it's a bill of sale, signed by John Fosdick, said the man, making over to you the girl Lucy and her child. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It also leaked out that many of the men who had signed their paroles, intended to desert and go to their homes as soon as they got out of our lines. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I was soon appraised of the subject of their conversation, as, calling to Sola, Tars Tarkas signed for her to send me to him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Con-signed in a safe quarter,' replied George, wringing the heads off half a dozen shrimps, and swallowing them without any more ado. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He signed for it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- At the end were the signatures of the high dignitaries who had signed it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- What is the name of him who signed? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He signed to me not to answer him--rose--removed his coat--and rolled up the shirt-sleeve on his left arm. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Signed, Richard Mason. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I signed to him to go on. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Signed and sealed on the fourth day of the eighty-ninth moon of your majesty's auspicious reign. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- He signed the constitution which they proposed for the union, and gave it the most unequivocal marks of his approbation. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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