give a sign to

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Something which God used to give a sign to encourage a king.

From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various

The stranger laid his hand upon the shoulder of the abbot, and said sternly, "Did you not give a sign to this monk?"

From Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

Silau then arranged with them that he would give a sign to his human relatives by which the crocodiles might always be able to recognise them when travelling on the river.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)

As he did so he thought he saw the judge use a movement of his eyes to give a sign to someone in the crowd.

From The Trial by Wyllie, David