Signify Definition

sĭgnə-fī
signified, signifies, signifying
verb
signified, signifies, signifying
To denote; mean.
A red traffic light signifies that traffic must stop.
American Heritage
To be a sign or indication of; mean.
The rags that signify their poverty.
Webster's New World
To have meaning or importance; be significant; matter.
Webster's New World
To show or make known, as by a sign, words, etc.
To signify approval by saying “aye”
Webster's New World
To exchange humorous insults in a verbal game.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
  • keep secret

Origin of Signify

  • Middle English signifien from Old French signifier from Latin significāre signum sign sign -ficāre -fy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Signify Sentence Examples

  • The prince bowed to signify his respect and gratitude.

  • What did Jesus signify?

  • Perhaps, however, the name may only signify a large terrestrial biting apterous insect, surpassing the ant in size and predatory habits.

  • Ptolemy used the word geography to signify the description of the whole oekumene on mathematical principles, while chorography signified the fuller description of a particular region, and topography the very detailed description of a smaller locality.

  • Not improbably the sealing means to our author the preservation not from death, but through death from unfaithfulness, and the number 144,000 would signify mystically the entire body of true Christians, which formed the true people of God.

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Words Starting With

SSISIG

Words Ending With

YFYIFY

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signify

Words Starting With S and Ending With Y

Starts With S & Ends With YStarts With SI & Ends With YStarts With S & Ends With FY

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With S7 Letter Words Ending With Y