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sigh'd

sigh'd is the simple past and past participle of sign.

Meaning of sign

Verb

sign (third-person singular simple present signs, present participle signing, simple past and past participle signed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To seal (a document etc.) with an identifying seal or symbol.
    • The Queen signed her letter with the regal signet.
  2. (transitive) To mark, to put or leave a mark on.
    • Meantime revolving in his thoughtful mind / The scar, with which his manly knee was sign'd […].1726, Elijah Fenton, The Odyssey of Homer
  3. (transitive) To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it.
    • Enquire the Iewes house out, giue him this deed, / And let him signe it […].c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  4. (transitive) More generally, to write one's signature on (something) as a means of identification etc.
    • I forgot to sign that letter to my aunt.
  5. (reflexive, transitive) To write (one's name) as a signature.
    • Just sign your name at the bottom there.
  6. (intransitive) To write one's signature.
    • Please sign on the dotted line.

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Questions about sigh'd

What is sigh'd the simple past and past participle of?
Sigh'd is the simple past and past participle of sign.

Words near sigh'd in the dictionary

  1. Sigglesthorne
  2. Siggs
  3. siggy
  4. sigh
  5. sigh of relief
  6. sigh'd
  7. sighed
  8. sighedst
  9. sigheh
  10. sighehs
  11. sigher

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