countersign
- 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.