Signature

Noun

 * 1) A person’s autograph name.
 * 2) The act of signing one's name.
 * 3)  That part of a doctor’s prescription containing directions for the patient.
 * 4)  Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo
 * 5)  A group of four (or a multiple of four) pages printed such that, when folded, become a section of a book
 * 6)  A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc.
 * 7)  Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source.
 * 8)  A mark or sign of implication.
 * 9) * 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 67, The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
 * A “signature” was placed on all things by God to indicate their affinities — but it was hidden, hence the search for arcane knowledge. Knowing was guessing and interpreting, not observing or demonstrating.

Adjective

 * 1) distinctive, characteristic indicative of identity
 * 2) * 2001, Lawrence J. Vale, Sam Bass Warner, Imaging the city: continuing struggles and new directions
 * Consider Las Fallas of Valencia, Spain, arguably the most signature of signature ephemera.
 * 1) * 2005, Paul Duchscherer, Linda Svendsen, Beyond the bungalow: grand homes in the arts & crafts tradition
 * Considered the most signature effect of the Tudor Revival style, half-timbering derived its distinctive ...
 * 1) * 2005, Brett Dawson, Tales from the 2004-05 Fighting Illini
 * But it was perhaps the most signature shot Williams ever made in an Illinois uniform, a bullying basket in which he used his power to pound Stoudamire, ...
 * Rabbit in mustard sauce is my signature dish.
 * 1) * 2005: CBS News website, Paul Winchell Dead At Age 82, read at on 14 May 2006 - The inspiration for Tigger’s signature phrase: TTFN, ta-ta for now.
 * The signature route of the airline is its daily flight between Buenos Aires and Madrid.

Adjectives for Signature
bold; scrawling; sundry; conscious; sprawling; scribbled; unreadable.

Verbs for Signature
affix—; attest to—; counterfeit-—; dash off —; duplicate—; embellish—; enter—; familiarize with—; identify—; pen—; produce —; scratch out—; scrawl—; scribble—; stereotype—; strike out—; submit—; trace ——; transcribe—; verify—; vouch for—; witness—; —endorses; —flows; —ripples from; —seals; — tally.

Thesaurus
ID card, John Hancock, OK, Smyth sewing, X, accent, accent mark, acceptance, accommodation, acknowledgment, acknowledgments, adjustment, affirmance, affirmation, approbation, approval, arrangement, article, authentication, authorization, autograph, back, back matter, backing, badge, banner, bar, bastard title, bibliography, bibliopegy, binder board, binding, book, book cloth, book cover, book jacket, bookbinding, bookcase, by-line, calligram, calling card, cancel, card, case, casemaking, casing-in, catch line, catchword, certification, chapter, character, characteristic, christcross, cipher, citation, clause, closing, collating, collating mark, colophon, conclusion, confession, confirmation, contents, contents page, copyright page, countermark, countersign, countersignature, counterstamp, cover, credentials, credit line, cross, custos, dedication, device, differentia, direct, dog tag, dot, dust cover, dust jacket, earmark, endleaf, endorsement, endpaper, endsheet, errata, expression mark, fascicle, fermata, flyleaf, folding, folio, footband, fore edge, foreword, front matter, gathering, gluing-off, go-ahead, green light, half-title page, hallmark, hand, hard binding, head, headband, hold, identification, identification badge, identification tag, idiosyncrasy, image, imprimatur, imprint, index, indicant, indicator, initials, ink, inscription, insignia, introduction, jacket, key signature, keynote, lead, leaf, letter of introduction, library binding, ligature, lining, lining-up, makeup, mark, mark of signature, measure, mechanical binding, metronomic mark, monogram, niggerhead, nod, notarization, notation, note, number, okay, page, paragraph, passage, pause, peculiarity, perfect binding, permission, phrase, picture, plastic binding, preface, preliminaries, presa, press card, property, ratification, recto, reference, representation, representative, reverso, rounding, rubber stamp, running title, saddle stitching, sanction, seal, sealing, section, segno, sentence, serial number, settlement, sewing, sheet, side sewing, sigil, sign, sign manual, signal, signet, signing, slipcase, slipcover, slur, smashing, soft binding, solemnization, spiral binding, stamp, stamp of approval, stamping, stapling, subscribe, subscription, subtitle, sure sign, swell, symbol, symptom, table of contents, tail, tailband, telltale sign, tempo mark, tessera, text, the nod, theme song, tie, time signature, tipping, title, title page, trademark, trait, tribute, trim size, trimming, type page, validation, verse, verso, vinculum, visa, vise, visiting card, warrant, wire stitching, wrapper

Etymology
From signature:, from Latin signatura:, future passive periphrastic of verb signare, "to sign", from signum, "sign", + -tura, feminine of -turus, future passive periphrastic suffix.

Noun

 * Arabic: توقيع, إمضاء
 * Bulgarian: подпис
 * Catalan: signatura
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 簽名, 签名, 花押字,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: חתימה
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: paraf
 * Italian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: paraf
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: ,
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: (on a document),  (of celebrities)
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: потпис
 * Roman: potpis
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: సంతకం
 * Thai: ลายเซ็น
 * Turkish:
 * Uzbek: imzo
 * Vietnamese: chữ ký
 * Vietnamese: chữ ký


 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: katern


 * Indonesian:


 * Albanian: nënshkrim
 * Greek: (1,2,7)
 * Serbian: podpis
 * Spanish:
 * : pliego

Noun

 * 1) signature

Related terms

 * signer
 * signataire