English

Verb

signorise ‎(third-person singular simple present signorises, present participle signorising, simple past and past participle signorised)

1. (obsolete) (A form of) seigniorize.
   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XIII, liii:

     The planets mild their lamps benign quench'd out, / And cruel stars in heav'n did signorise, // Whose influence cast fiery flames about, / And hot impressions through the earth and skies.