Signal

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Signaled i>or Signalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Signaling or Signalling. ] 1. To communicate by signals; as, to signal orders. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. LL. signale, fr. L. signum. See Sign, n. ] 1. A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action. [ 1913 Webster ]

All obeyed
The wonted signal and superior voice
Of this great potentate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign; anything taken as evidence of some process. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The weary sun . . .
Gives signal of a goodly day to-morrow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

There was not the least signal of the calamity to be seen. De Foc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence: (Electronics) A measureable electrical quantity, such as voltage or current, that conveys information by varying in magnitude over time; as, the signals from the strongest commercial radio stations can be received over hundreds of miles. [ PJC ]

n. One who makes signals; one who communicates intelligence by means of signals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being signal or remarkable. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Signalized p. pr. & vb. n. Signalizing ] [ From Signal, a. ] 1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a signal manner; eminently. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -men A man whose business is to manage or display signals; especially, one employed in setting the signals by which railroad trains are run or warned. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of signaling, or of signalizing; hence, description by peculiar, appropriate, or characteristic marks. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]