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   coun·ter·sign

   /ˈkoun(t)ərˌsīn/

   verb

   • 1. add a signature to (a document already signed by another person): "each check had to be signed and countersigned"

   noun

   • 1. a signal or password given in reply to a soldier on guard: archaic "advance, patrol, and give the countersign to me"

   Word Origin late 16th century (as a noun): from French contresigner (verb), contresigne (noun), from Italian contrassegno, based on Latin signum ‘sign’.

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