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    true meaning "undersign" (britisch english)

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    true meaning "undersign" (britisch english)

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    Good morning!
    If you ask a gentleman englishman to undersign a document, does he understand that he should undersign with his handwriting or does "undersign" include stamping?
    I did ask and I got back a stamped document without handwritten signature.
    Author Grossbouff (465598) 14 Feb 17, 08:38
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    I'm not sure that there's such a word as 'undersign'. As a signature is normally placed at the bottom of a document, the normal word is to 'sign', simply. Of course there is a word 'undersigned', a noun, meaning the person or persons who have signed the document: 'We the undersigned do hereby declare...' (I.e. 'We whose signatures you will see below...'

    If you are asking whether 'sign' includes 'stamp', I would say the answer is no.

    #1Author escoville (237761) 14 Feb 17, 09:03
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    I think the word you need is "sign", not undersign.

    Please sign this document here

    (non-native)
    edit: escoville war schneller.
    #2Author Qual der Wal (877524) 14 Feb 17, 09:05
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    Thank you very much for your answers.
    The verb "to undersign" is in LEO and is translated as "unterschreiben", "unterzeichnen".

    #3Author Grossbouff (465598) 14 Feb 17, 09:13
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    The verb "undersign" does exist, but it's not commonly used (at least not in AE).

    OTOH, the noun "the undersigned" is often used.
    #4AuthorHappyWarrior (964133) 14 Feb 17, 10:26
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    Hat das jemand verwechselt, mit underwrite - einem Synonym zu sign?
    OED hat zwar undersign in der gewünschten Bedeutung, aber die Beispiele sind sehr begrenzt:
    trans. To sign one's name below (a writing).
    1580  C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong   Soubsigner, to vnder~signe.
    1770  L. Scrafton Refl. Govt. Indostan (ed. 2) 80   These words were written in his own hand, at the beginning of the Treaty, and were undersigned by him."
    #5Author Lady Grey (235863) 14 Feb 17, 10:38
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    I wouldn't recognise to undersign or to underwrite as a synonym for to sign.
    To underwrite has to do with insurance, and means to guarantee against financial risk, see http://lexicon.ft.com/Term?term=underwrite
    #6Author amw (532814) 14 Feb 17, 15:39
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    Die Wendung "X and Y agree to the above terms, and undersign here to that effect" begegnet mir als Vertragsfloskel oft.

    #7Author Cuauhtlehuanitzin (1009442) 14 Feb 17, 17:23
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    Rominara schlug eine Aenderung des Eintrags vor: related discussion: to undersign - unterschreiben / unterzeichnen

    #8Author Mausling (384473) 15 Mar 21, 15:28
     
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