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resign(dictionary)
resign(1)(dictionary)
resign(2)(dictionary)
Hindenburg disaster(encyclopedia)
Hindenburg (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Hindenburg, Paul von(encyclopedia)
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resign(2) (iou) and Hindenburg line (iou)


resign(2) (iou)



resign verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French resigner from Latin resignare unseal, cancel, give up, formed as RE- + signare SIGN verb.]
I. verb trans.
Relinquish, surrender, or hand over (esp. a right, claim, obligation, or an official position). Also foll. by into, to, up (now rare). LME.
P. Warner Richard was glad to sign a treaty resigning Ascalon. E. Young-Bruehl When the school year ended, she resigned her post.
a. Abandon or consign (something) to a person or thing; yield up (oneself etc.) to another's care or guidance. LME.
J. Martineau He..vows to resign himself to her direction.
b. Subordinate (one's will, reason, etc.) to another person, higher power, etc. L16.
W. Cowper Resign our own and seek our Maker's will.
c. Reconcile (oneself, one's mind, etc.) to a condition, an inevitable event, etc. Also foll. by to do. E18.
B. Chatwin I resigned myself to lunching with a tearful palaeontologist.
Refrain from. LME-L16.
II. verb intrans.
Give up one's Employment, an official position etc.; retire. Formerly also, abdicate. Freq. foll. by from (orig. US). LME.
G. Brown Sir Stafford Cripps resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer because of illness.
Submit to a person or thing. Now rare. LME.
Make surrender or relinquishment; Chess discontinue play and admit defeat. M18.
resignee noun (a) a person to whom something is resigned; (b) a resigner: E17.
resigner noun a person who resigns, esp. from Employment, an official position, etc. M16.
resignment noun (now rare) the action of resigning; resignation: LME.

Hindenburg line (iou)



Hindenburg line noun phr. E20.
[Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934), German Field Marshal and statesman.]
Hist. A line of fortifications in NE France constructed by the German forces in 1916-17.