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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

dignoscere

to distinguish;

di- = dis-

gnoscere

noscere

, to learn to know.]

Distinguishing mark; diagnostic.

[Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Noun.

[L.] Distinguishing mark; distinction. [Not in use.]

dignotion ‎(plural dignotions)

(obsolete) distinguishing mark; diagnostic
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