obsignate

English

Etymology

From Latin p.p. of obsignare (“to seal”). See ob- and sign.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒbsɪɡneɪt/

Verb

obsignate (third-person singular simple present obsignates, present participle obsignating, simple past and past participle obsignated)

1. (obsolete) To seal; to ratify.
   • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). An Exposition of the Decalogue”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:

     As circumcision was a seal of the covenant made with Abraham and his posterity ; so keeping the Sabbath did obsignate the covenant made with the children of Israel after their delivery out of Egypt

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “obsignate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• bioagents

Latin

Participle

obsignāte

1. vocative masculine singular of obsignātus