Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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countersign

noun, verb

Forms countersigns countersigning countersigned

  1. noun (law) A second signature added to a document to affirm the validity of the signature of the first person.
  2. noun The response to a sign or signal. “Only those who give the countersign may enter the Masonic Lodge.”
  3. verb (transitive) To sign on the opposite side of (a document).
  4. verb (transitive, by extension) To add a second signature to a document, affirming the validity of the signature of another person.

Synonyms

witness password watchword word parole countersignature

Etymology

From Middle French contresigne. Equivalent to counter- + sign.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in order to attest the authenticity of a writing.
  2. adjective The signature of a secretary or other officer to a writing signed by a principal or superior, to attest its authenticity.
  3. adjective A private signal, word, or phrase, which must be given in order to pass a sentry; a watchword.

Etymology [Counter- + sign: cf. F. contresigner.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “countersign”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “countersign” (best matches first).