signify Definition
sig·nify (sig′nə fī′)
transitive verb -·fied′, -·fy′·ing
- to be a sign or indication of; mean the rags that signify their poverty
- to show or make known, as by a sign, words, etc. to signify approval by saying “aye”
Etymology: ME signifien < OFr signifier < L significare < signum, a sign + facere, to make, do
intransitive verb
to have meaning or importance; be significant; matter
signify Related Forms
sig′·ni·fi′·able adjective
signify Synonyms
signify Usage Examples
Object
- purity: The mixture of snow-white and sapphire in the wings signifies purity of the flesh and the love of contemplation.
- querent: In case of shared significators Moon, otherwise being a co-significator, signifies the querent to my knowledge.
- acceptance: The signature of a duly authorized officer of an eligible society signifies acceptance of all these terms in their entirety.
- triumph: Rather than signifying triumph, they all look lost in thought.
- beginning: The first thing we do here is to specify the HTML tag, which signifies the beginning of an HTML document.
- nothing: An apparent trend in some measurement may signify nothing more than a change in variance, often coupled with a ceiling or floor effect.
Preposition: that
object: Signature Possible state value, signifying that this signature object has not yet been initialized. union ( Rectangle ).
Modifying Another Word
- merely: The patient's consent is immaterial, since its absence would merely signify mental incompetence.
- necessarily: In yoga posture practice, simplicity does not necessarily signify ease.
- thus: Why gospel ordinances are thus signified, I may show more particularly afterward.
- perhaps: This ' boy ' has a tie on, perhaps signifying age or formality, yet he is sitting in a tree house.
- primarily: The querent is primarily signified by Saturn; the lover by the Sun.
- properly: It is the same name with Joshua ( who was a type of him ) which properly signifies, The Lord, Salvation.
Used with why or when
- who: The case of the attribute name is used to signify who defined the meaning of that name and its values.
- which: Furthermore, an attentional process is synchronized with one group of oscillators to signify which group is to be considered the attentional foreground.
- what: He concentrated on the clubs which he thought signified what Middle England likes doing.
- when: She was sure they should be married some time or other, and it did not much signify when.
Preposition: without
discussion: The meeting's consent will be signified without discussion.
Preposition: by
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