Definitions for signify
ˈsɪg nəˌfaɪsig·ni·fy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mean, intend, signify, stand forverb

   denote or connote

   "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

2. signifyverb

   convey or express a meaning

   "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"

3. signifyverb

   make known with a word or signal

   "He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. signifyverb

   To give (something) a meaning or an importance.

2. signifyverb

   To show one's intentions with a sign etc.

3. signifyverb

   To mean; to betoken.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To SIGNIFYverb

   Etymology: signifier, French; significo, Latin.

   1. To declare by some token or sign.

   The maid from that ill omen turn’d her eyes,
   Nor knew what signify’d the boding sign,
   But found the pow’rs displeas’d. Dryden.

   Those parts of nature, into which the chaos was divided, they signified by dark and obscure names; as the night, tartarus, and oceanus. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

   2. To mean; to express.

   Life’s but a walking shadow; a poor player,
   That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
   And then is heard no more! It is a tale,
   Told by an ideot, full of sound and fury,
   Signifying nothing! William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   Stephano, signify
   Within the house your mistress is at hand. William Shakespeare.

   3. To import; to weigh. This is seldom used but interrogatively, what signifies? or with much, little, or nothing.

   Though he that sins frequently, and repents frequently, gives reason to believe his repentances before God signify nothing; yet that is nothing to us. Taylor.

   What signifies the splendor of courts, considering the slavish attendances that go along with it? Roger L'Estrange.

   He hath one way more, which although it signify little to men of sober reason, yet unhappily hits the suspicious humour of men, that governors have a design to impose. John Tillotson.

   If the first of these fail, the power of Adam, were it never so great, will signify nothing to the present societies in the world. John Locke.

   What signifies the people’s consent in making and repealing laws, if the person who administers hath no tie. Jonathan Swift.

   4. To make known.

   I’ll to the king, and signify to him,
   That thus I have resign’d to you my charge. William Shakespeare, R. III.

   He sent and signified it by his angel unto John. Rev. i. 1.

   The government should signify to the protestants of Ireland, that want of silver is not to be remedied. Jonathan Swift.

2. To Signifyverb

   To express meaning with force.

   If the words be but comely and signifying, and the sense gentle, there is juice; but where that wanteth, the language is thin. Ben Jonson.

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1. signify

   To signify means to represent, indicate, or mean something. It refers to the action of conveying or expressing a particular meaning, idea, or importance through a symbol, sign, gesture, behavior, or a particular characteristic.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Signifynoun

   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

2. Signifynoun

   to mean; to import; to denote; to betoken

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1. Signify

   Signify is the fourth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree. It was released in September 1996 and later re-released in 2003 with a second disc of demos, which had previously been released on the b-side cassette tape Insignificance, and a third time, on vinyl, on 9 May 2011. It was the first album that frontman Steven Wilson recorded with the band on board from the beginning; previous albums had been essentially solo efforts with occasional help from other musicians.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Signify

   sig′ni-fī, v.t. to make known by a sign or by words: to mean: to indicate or declare: to have consequence.—v.i. to be of consequence:—pa.t. and pa.p. sig′nifīed.—adj. Sig′nifiable, that may be signified or represented by symbols.—n. Signif′icance, that which is signified: meaning: importance: moment—also Signif′icancy.—adj. Signif′icant, signifying: expressive of something: standing as a sign.—adv. Signif′icantly.—ns. Signif′icate, in logic, one of several things signified by a common term; Significā′tion, act of signifying: that which is signified: meaning.—adj. Signif′icātive, signifying: denoting by a sign: having meaning: expressive.—adv. Signif′icātively, in a significative manner: so as to betoken by an external sign.—ns. Signif′icātiveness, the quality of being significative; Signif′icātor, one who signifies: (astrol.) a planet ruling a house.—adj. Signif′icatory. [L. significāre, -ātum, signum, a sign, facĕre, to make.]

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1. signify

   To express a meaning.

   The people's behaviour does signify the creation of a sustainable world based on love, peace, balance, harmony, truth and a society that works for the benefit of everyone.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2020  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of signify in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of signify in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of signify in a Sentence

1. Michael Robinet:

   The fact that they're showing in Detroit doesn't really signify that they're coming soon, they're showcasing that they're in the game, looking to expand beyond the home market.

2. Colonel Sani Usman:

   Although details are not clear, it is important to note the attacks signify high level of desperation on the part of the Boko Haram terrorists.

3. Ras Baraka:

   Today's protests signify an important fact : our Newark Public School students understand that they are not receiving the education they deserve from the Newark Public School system.

4. Seneca:

   A good conscience fears no witness, but a guilty conscience is solicitous even in solitude. If we do nothing but what is honest, let all the world know it. But if otherwise, what does it signify to have nobody else know it, so long as I know it myself? Miserable is he who slights that witness.

5. Mike Conaway:

   The report’s completion will signify the closure of one chapter in the Committee’s robust oversight of the threat posed by Moscow—which began well before the investigation and will continue thereafter.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=signify
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Signify
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=signify
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/signify
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=signify
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=signify
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=signify