con signification (kon sign if i kas hon)

[ As they [verbs] always expre something else in their original meaning, he [John of Salisbury] calls the additional denoting of time by a truly philosophic word, a con signification. Harris, Philol. Inquiries. con significative (kon-sig-nif'i-ka-tiv), a. and n . [ con- + sign significative.] I. a . Having a like signification; jointly significative. IMG:content-1116.png:[blocks in formation] II. n. That which has the same signification or meaning as some other. Worcester. consignify (kon-sig'ni-fi), v. consignified , ppr. cons i ppr . consignifying . nify.] To signify secondarily: used in opposition to connote, which is to name secondarily. Thus, a relative noun connotes its correlative; a verb consignifies its time. [Rare.] The cypher has no value of itself, and only serves to connote and consignify. ... Horne Tooke , Diversions of Purley, i. 9. consignment (kon-sin'ment), (k n. [ The merchants who act upon consignments. Tatler, No. 31. 3. That which is consigned; a quantity sent or delivered, especially to an agent or factor for sale: as, A received a large consignment of goods from B. Aman Niaz Khan had sent to Meshed for a large consign ment of tea and sugar, and rolls of cloth. O'Donovan, Merv, xxv. 4. The writing by which anything is consigned. consignor (kon-si'nor or kon-si-nôr'), n. [