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  • n  a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
  • n  a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed
  • v  add one's signature to after another's to attest authenticity
    You must countersign on this line of the contract

  • Two nearby doctors worried about the large number of cremation certificates he asked them to countersign.
  • I blew up, antagonized officers, apologized, went to Cultural Ministry, got new special appraisal of pictures, more witnesses, more bribes, another certificate, countersign-ers .
  • To defeat fakery, they fixed upon a countersign, wrote it down, sealed it in an envelope.

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