"countersignature" meaning in English

See countersignature in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: countersignatures [plural]
Etymology: From counter- + signature. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|signature}} counter- + signature Head templates: {{en-noun}} countersignature (plural countersignatures)
  1. A signature made to confirm or endorse another. Translations (a signature made to confirm or endorse another): contresignature [feminine] (French), ხელმოწერით დადასტურებული ხელმოწერა (xelmoc̣erit dadasṭurebuli xelmoc̣era) (Georgian), προσυπογραφή (prosypografí) [feminine] (Greek), controfirma [feminine] (Italian), kontrasygnata [feminine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "a signature made to confirm or endorse another",
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          ],
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "lang_code": "ka",
          "roman": "xelmoc̣erit dadasṭurebuli xelmoc̣era",
          "sense": "a signature made to confirm or endorse another",
          "word": "ხელმოწერით დადასტურებული ხელმოწერა"
        },
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          "lang_code": "el",
          "roman": "prosypografí",
          "sense": "a signature made to confirm or endorse another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "προσυπογραφή"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "a signature made to confirm or endorse another",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "controfirma"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "a signature made to confirm or endorse another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kontrasygnata"
        }
      ]
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      ],
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "a signature made to confirm or endorse another",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "xelmoc̣erit dadasṭurebuli xelmoc̣era",
      "sense": "a signature made to confirm or endorse another",
      "word": "ხელმოწერით დადასტურებული ხელმოწერა"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "prosypografí",
      "sense": "a signature made to confirm or endorse another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "προσυπογραφή"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "a signature made to confirm or endorse another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "controfirma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "a signature made to confirm or endorse another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kontrasygnata"
    }
  ],
  "word": "countersignature"
}

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