Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A making known by signs or indications; specifically, a description by external marks or characteristics for identification.
- noun The act of signaling.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of signaling, or of signalizing; hence, description by peculiar, appropriate, or characteristic marks.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
signalling , or ofsignalizing . - noun Description by peculiar, appropriate, or characteristic marks.
Etymologies
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signal + -ment
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Examples
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There he stood calling hastily for a drink; and her heart more than her eyes took in his, to her, consecrated signalment -- the riding-boots, short clothes, blue coat, cocked hat, ruffles.
Balcony Stories Grace E. King
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His passport had only been issued at the British Legation in Stockholm, and his description tallied exactly with the signalment issued by Scotland
The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892
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