different between sigmate vs signate

English

Etymology

sigma +? -ate

Adjective

sigmate (comparative more sigmate, superlative most sigmate)

1. Shaped like the Greek letter sigma

See also

• sigmoid

Anagrams

• gamiest, gemista

English

Etymology

From Latin signatus.

Adjective

signate (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Having definite colour markings; bearing spots resembling letters.
2. Designate.

Anagrams

• ageinst, easting, eatings, gainest, genista, giantes, ingates, ingesta, seating, tagines, tangies, teasing, tsigane

Latin

Etymology 1

s?gn?tus +? -?

Adverb

s?gn?t? (comparative s?gn?tius, superlative s?gn?tissim?)

1. expressively, clearly, distinctly

Etymology 2

Verb

sign?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of sign?

References

• signate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• signate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• signate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette