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1. Having a handwritten signature
   "a signed letter"
    
2. Used of the language of the deaf
   - gestural, sign, sign-language
    
3. (mathematics, computer science) having both positive and negative values

1. Mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
   "She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here";
   - subscribe
    
2. Approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
   "Have you signed your contract yet?";
   - ratify
    
3. Be engaged by a written agreement
   "He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18"; "The soprano signed to sing the new opera"
    
4. Engage by written agreement
   "They signed two new pitchers for the next season";
   - contract, sign on, sign up
    
5. Communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
   "He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture";
   - signal, signalize, signalise [Brit]
    
6. Place signs, as along a road
   "sign an intersection"; "This road has been signed"
    
7. Communicate in sign language
   "I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin"
    
8. Make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
   - bless

See also: autographed, communicative, communicatory, sign in, sign over, subscribed

Type of: communicate, contract, employ, engage, formalise [Brit], formalize, gesticulate, gesture, hire, intercommunicate, lay, motion, place, pose, position, put, set, undertake, validate, write

Antonym: unsigned

Encyclopedia: Signed, Sealed & Delivered