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undersigned

undersigned

1 5.4
A person who writes their name at the end of a document to show agreement or responsibility
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌndərˈsaɪnd/
  • Formal
translation icon : firmante
  • And being of sound mind and in full possession of my faculties, and in the presence of the undersigned witnesses, I write my last will and testament.

Examples

  • The undersigned herewith assumes command.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • We, the undersigned tenants of 1929 Calderone Court Apartments... #ALBRECHT#

    Fiction book (1994)
  • IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed this Treaty.

    Blog text (7)
  • I, the undersigned, will actively protest and vote against the implementation of Shariah or Islamic Law in all judicial and legislative matters.

    Blog text (34)
  • To her best memory, there was not that much yet on the recording—the case file number, her voice referring to herself as undersigned agent.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • "Therefore, the undersigned feels it is important to emphasize in the strongest terms possible that the reasons underlying this request, provided to the court for its review, have nothing to do with any belief by the undersigned that Plaintiff is engaged in now or has been engaged in during the past, fraud regarding this case.

    Blog text (15)
  • He spent the year preparing for a tour of several death camps and Jewish cemetery and synagogue sites by thirteen graduate students and Professors Van Buren, Schachter, the undersigned, and himself.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The undersigned, Jacobus Clemens, musician by profession, native of Ypres, and bound to that city by ties of kinship and affection, does solemnly attest and swear that he is not the pope.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The contract was valid only if signed by the undersigned parties.

  • By signing this document, the undersigned agrees to the terms outlined herein.

Antonyms

16 3.9

Without a written name or mark that shows who made it

Surface Forms

undersigned positive

Morphology

undersigned = undersign (transparent) = under + sign + ed

Formed by adding -ed to 'undersign' (which itself is clearly under+sign); the meaning is directly derived from 'sign' with the locative prefix 'under'.

Etymology

Undersigned comes from under ('below') and sign ('mark' or 'signature'). It literally meant the name 'written below' at the end of a paper, so as an adjective it describes someone who has signed to show agreement or responsibility.