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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
monogram
    n 1: a graphic symbol consisting of 2 or more letters combined
         (usually your initials); printed on stationery or
         embroidered on clothing

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Monogram \Mon"o*gram\, n. [L. monogramma; Gr. mo`nos single +
   gra`mma letter, fr. gra`fein to write: cf. F. monogramme. See
   Graphic.]
   1. A character or cipher composed of two or more letters
      interwoven or combined so as to represent a name, or a
      part of it (usually the initials). Monograms are often
      used on seals, ornamental pins, rings, buttons, and by
      painters, engravers, etc., to distinguish their works.
      [1913 Webster] Monogram.
      [1913 Webster]

   Note: The monogram above, combining the letters of the name
         Karolvs, was used by Charlemagne.
         [1913 Webster]

   2. A picture in lines; a sketch. [R.]
      [1913 Webster]

   3. An arbitrary sign for a word. [R.]
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
monogram \mon"o*gram\, v. t.
   To inscribe or ornament with a monogram.
   [PJC]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
XP \XP\ [Belongs here in appearance only.]
   The first two letters of the Greek word XRISTOS, Christ; --
   an abbreviation used with the letters separate or, oftener,
   in a monogram, often inclosed in a circle, as a symbol or
   emblem of Christ. It use as an emblem was introduced by
   Constantine the Great, whence it is known as the

   Constantinian symbol, or

   monogram. See Labarum.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
MONOGRAM. A character or cipher composed of one or more letters interwoven, 
being an abbreviation of a name. 
     2. A signature made by a monogram would perhaps be binding, provided it 
could be proved to have been made and intended as a signature. 1 Denio, R. 
471. And there seems to be no reason why such a signature should not be as 
binding as one which is altogether illegible. See Initial; Mark; Signature. 



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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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