Countersign

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA second signature added to a document to affirm the validity of the signature of the first person.

2.nounThe response to a sign or signal.

"Only those who give the countersign may enter the Masonic Lodge."

3.verbTo sign on the opposite side of (a document).

4.verb(by extension) To add a second signature to a document, affirming the validity of the signature of another person.

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