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Countersign :: Countersign (a.) A private signal, word, or phrase, which must be given in order to pass a sentry; a watchword..

Countersign :: Countersign (a.) The signature of a secretary or other officer to a writing signed by a principal or superior, to attest its authenticity..

Watchword :: Watchword (n.) A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password..

Countersigned :: Countersigned (imp. & p. p.) of Countersig.

Countersigning :: Countersigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countersig.

Parole :: Parole (n.) A watchword given only to officers of guards; -- distinguished from countersign, which is given to all guards..

Challenge :: Challenge (n.) The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign..

Countersign :: Countersign (v. t.) 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..

Password :: Password (n.) A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign.

Consigne :: Consigne (n.) A countersign; a watchword.

Hatti-sherif :: Hatti-sherif (n.) A irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan.

Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged us, with Who comes there?.

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