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: expre ive 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: expre ive.— adv. Signif′icātively , in a significative manner: so as to betoken by an external sign.— ns. Signif′icātivene , 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.]