Crossword-Solution: COUNTERSIGN
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Countersign | v. t. | To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in order to attest the authenticity of a writing. |
| Countersign | a. | The signature of a secretary or other officer to a writing signed by a principal or superior, to attest its authenticity. |
| Countersign | a. | A private signal, word, or phrase, which must be given in order to pass a sentry; a watchword. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
|---|---|---|
| COUNTERSIGN | anagram | SIGNCOUNTER |
We have 73 clues for the answer “COUNTERSIGN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| notarise | 1 answer |
| Sign a document already signed by another person | 1 answer |
| Assume liability for, as another's loan | 1 answer |
| Endorse token gesture | 1 answer |
| Deli menu? | 1 answer |
| Confirm in writing | 1 answer |
| Sentry's demand | 2 answers |
| NEMO | 2 answers |
| finalise | 5 answers |
| look volumes | 8 answers |
| exchange signals | 8 answers |
| show signs of | 11 answers |
| Determinant. | 11 answers |
| ADD ONE'S SIGNATURE TO AFTER ANOTHER'S TO ATTEST AUTHENTICITY | 11 answers |
| Legislate | 13 answers |
| legalise | 13 answers |
| Underwrite | 16 answers |
| attract notice | 19 answers |
| shibboleth | 22 answers |
| Password | 23 answers |
| Catchphrase | 23 answers |
| Catchword | 24 answers |
| Validate | 24 answers |
| Comeback | 24 answers |
| Response | 24 answers |
| Ratify | 25 answers |
| Watchword | 26 answers |
| Logo | 26 answers |
| corroborate | 27 answers |
| slogan | 27 answers |
| Rallying cry? | 27 answers |
| Motto | 28 answers |
| Gesticulate | 29 answers |
| authenticate | 31 answers |
| fulfil | 34 answers |
| Jingle | 35 answers |
| Aphorism | 35 answers |
| Byword | 35 answers |
| Adage | 36 answers |
| Enact | 36 answers |
| Gesture | 40 answers |
| Saying | 42 answers |
| substantiate | 42 answers |
| sponsor | 42 answers |
| CUE ___ | 42 answers |
| authorise | 45 answers |
| confirm | 47 answers |
| Satisfy | 49 answers |
| Respond | 50 answers |
| Verify | 52 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with COUNTERSIGN (5)
Give the countersign.” Two hoarse whispers delivered the same awful word simultaneously to the brooding night: “_Blood_!” Then Tom tumbled his ham over the bluff and let himself down after it, tearing both skin and clothes to some extent in the effort.
Toward midnight I set out, equipped with the countersign, and picked my way toward the lonely region where Adler was to keep his watch.
The well-skilled beholders gazed a moment into his eyes and shook their heads, to miss the unuttered sympathy—the countersign never to be falsified—of those whose hearts are cavern-mouths through which they descend into a region of illimitable woe and recognize other wanderers there.
CHAPTER XII--HIS GENIUS AND METHODS To have created a school of idolaters, who will out and out swear by everything, and as though by necessity, at the same time, a school of studious detractors, who will suspiciously question everything, or throw out suggestions of disparagement, is at all events, a proof of greatness, the countersign of undoubted genius, and an assurance of lasting fame.
When we come into battle we shall all have one countersign and field-cry,--'Forward, forward, Christian men! cross men! king's men!' We must draw up our meal in thinner ranks, because we have fewer people, and I do not wish to let them surround us with their men.
Quotes with COUNTERSIGN (1)
If we have never sought, we seek Thee now; Thine eyes burn through the dark, our only stars; We must have sight of thorn-pricks on Thy brow, We must have Thee, O Jesus of the Scars. The heavens frighten us; they are too calm; In all the universe we have no place. Our wounds are hurting us; where is the balm? Lord Jesus, by Thy Scars, we claim Thy grace. If, when the doors are shut, Thou drawest near, Only reveal those hands, that side of Thine; We know to-day what wounds are,…
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Appears in: LAT, NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1970–2021).