e-sign

verb

To sign electronically with a digital signature.

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Meanings

verbe-sign (third-person singular simple present e-signs, present participle e-signing, simple past and past participle e-signed)

present singular third person e-signs · participle present e-signing · participle past e-signed · past e-signed

  1. transitiveTo sign electronically with a digital signature.

    If we don't even know who gets the e-mail petition that we've just e-signed, then what counts as political involvement?

    2013, Martha McCaughey, Michael D. Ayers, Cyberactivism: Online Activism in Theory and Practice, page 6

Origin

From e- + sign.

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APA

e-sign. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-sign

MLA

“e-sign.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-sign. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “e-sign,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-sign.

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