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signifying |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Signify \Sig"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Signified}; p. pr & vb n. {Signifying}.] [F. signifier, L. significare; signum a sign + -ficare (in comp.) to make See {Sign}, n., and {-fy}.] 1. To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words gestures, signals, or the like to announce; to make known to declare; to express; as a signified his desire to be present. I 'll to the king; and signify to him That thus I have resign'd my charge to you --Shak. The government should signify to the Protestants of Ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied. --Swift. 2. To mean to import; to denote; to betoken. He bade her tell him what it signified. --Chaucer. A tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. --Shak. Note: Signify is often used impersonally; as it signifies nothing, it does not signify, that is it is of no importance. Syn: To express; manifest; declare; utter; intimate; betoken; denote; imply; mean
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