COUNTERSIGNATURES Synonyms

• the action of bearing witness

• the evidence by which something is attested

• a document giving an official instruction or command

• the power or right to give orders or make decisions

• official permission or approval

• the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant

• the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on

• confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

• a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

• validating the authenticity of something or someone

• additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

• information that confirms or verifies

• making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it

• a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism

• a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church

• a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)

• a speech seconding a motion

• formal and explicit approval

• a signature that validates something

• the act of endorsing

• a distinctive influence

• a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

• an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page

• an impression produced by pressure or printing

• a device produced by pressure on a surface

• establish or impress firmly in the mind

• mark or stamp with or as if with pressure

• making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it

• fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters

• a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare

• a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents

• the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal

• a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it)

• an indication of approved or superior status

• a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture

• fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure

• any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions

• make tight; secure against leakage

• close with or as if with a seal

• decide irrevocably

• affix a seal to

• cover with varnish

• hunt seals

• the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something

• the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof

• additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

• (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement

• a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group

• a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed

• add one's signature to after another's to attest authenticity