signate

English

Etymology

From Latin signatus.

Pron

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪɡneɪt/, /ˈsɪɡnət/

Adjective

signate (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Having definite colour markings; bearing spots resembling letters.
2. Designate.

Anagrams

• gainset, gainest, ageinst, easting, teasing, tagines, giantes, tangies, tsigane, eatings, ingesta, seating, genista, ingates

Latin

Etymology 1

sīgnātus +‎ -ē

Adverb

sīgnātē (comparative sīgnātius, superlative sīgnātissimē)

1. expressively, clearly, distinctly

Etymology 2

Verb

signāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of signō

References

• “signate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• signate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• signate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

signate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of signar combined with te