7. Attention, regard, or respect.
As much in mock as mark.
Shak. 8. Limit or standard of action or fact; as, to be within the mark; to come up to the mark.
9. Badge or sign of honor, rank, or official station.
In the official marks invested, you
Anon do meet the Senate.
Shak. 10. Preëminence; high position; as, patricians of mark; a fellow of no mark.
11. (Logic) A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
12. A number or other character used in registering; as, examination marks; a mark for tardiness.
13. Image; likeness; hence, those formed in one's image; children; descendants. [Obs.] "All the mark of
Adam." Chaucer.
14. (Naut.) One of the bits of leather or colored bunting which are placed upon a sounding line at
intervals of from two to five fathoms. The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps."
A man of mark, a conspicuous or eminent man. — To make one's mark. (a) To sign, as a letter
or other writing, by making a cross or other mark. (b) To make a distinct or lasting impression on the
public mind, or on affairs; to gain distinction.
Syn. — Impress; impression; stamp; print; trace; vestige; track; characteristic; evidence; proof; token; badge; indication; symptom.
Mark
(Mark) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marked (märkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Marking.] [OE. marken, merken, AS.
mearcian, from mearc. See Mark the sign.]
1. To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box
or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing.
2. To be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate; — used literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks
the spot where Wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him for a leader.
3. To leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks
paper; his hobnails marked the floor.
4. To keep account of; to enumerate and register; as, to mark the points in a game of billiards or cards.
5. To notice or observe; to give attention to; to take note of; to remark; to heed; to regard. "Mark the perfect
man." Ps. xxxvii. 37.
To mark out. (a) To designate, as by a mark; to select; as, the ringleaders were marked out for punishment.
(b) To obliterate or cancel with a mark; as, to mark out an item in an account. — To mark time (Mil.),
to keep the time of a marching step by moving the legs alternately without advancing.
Syn. — To note; remark; notice; observe; regard; heed; show; evince; indicate; point out; betoken; denote; characterize; stamp; imprint; impress; brand.
Mark
(Mark), v. i. To take particular notice; to observe critically; to note; to remark.
Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief.
1 Kings xx. 7. Markable
(Mark"a*ble) a. Remarkable. [Obs.] Sandys.
