“His use of this epigraph to construct his authorial identity seems to signpost his aspirations to move from unpublished provincial obscurity to a position in which he and his fellow Ayshire bards could command public attention.”
sign
To make a mark
(transitive, now rare) To seal (a document etc.) with an identifying seal or symbol. [from 13th c.]
(transitive) To mark, to put or leave a mark on. [from 14th c.]
(transitive) To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it. [from 15th c.]
(transitive) More generally, to write one's signature on (something) as a means of identification etc. [from 15th c.]
(transitive or reflexive) To write (one's name) as a signature. [from 16th c.]
(intransitive) To write one's signature. [from 17th c.]
(intransitive) To finalise a contractual agreement to work for a given sports team, record label etc. [from 19th c.]
(transitive) To engage (a sports player, musician etc.) in a contract. [from 19th c.]
To make the sign of the cross
(transitive) To bless (someone or something) with the sign of the cross; to mark with the sign of the cross. [from 14th c.]
