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Autonomasy :: Autonomasy (n.) The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing; as, He has gone to town, for, He has gone to London..

Idiotism :: Idiotism (n.) An idiom; a form, mode of expression, or signification, peculiar to a language..

Notation :: Notation (n.) Literal or etymological signification.

Hermeneutical :: Hermeneutical (a.) Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase..

Voice :: Voice (n.) Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion.

Aqua :: Aqua (n.) Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed..

Re- :: Re- () A prefix signifying back, against, again, anew; as, recline, to lean back; recall, to call back; recede; remove; reclaim, to call out against; repugn, to fight against; recognition, a knowing again; rejoin, to join again; reiterate; reassure. Combinations containing the prefix re- are readily formed, and are for the most part of obvious signification..

Deuteroscopy :: Deuteroscopy (n.) That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense; the second intention; a hidden signification.

Catachresis :: Catachresis (n.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, To take arms against a sea of troubles. Shak. Her voice was but the shadow of a sound. Young..

Conjugate :: Conjugate (a.) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; -- said of words.

Paraphrase :: Paraphrase (n.) A restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification of a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; -- opposed to metaphrase..

Conjugate :: Conjugate (n.) A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in signification..

Meaning :: Meaning (n.) That which is signified, whether by act lanquage; signification; sence; import; as, the meaning of a hint..

Un- :: Un- (adv.) Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; o

Equipollency :: Equipollency (n.) Equality of power, force, signification, or application..

Tilly-vally :: Tilly-vally (interj., adv., or a.) A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as expressive of contempt, or when anything said was reject as trifling or impertinent..

Cosignificative :: Cosignificative (a.) Having the same signification.

Trope :: Trope (n.) The use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or expression as changed from the original signification to another, for the sake of giving life or emphasis to an idea; a figure of speech..

Synonyma :: Synonym (n.) One of two or more words (commonly words of the same language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or more words which have very nearly the same signification, and therefore may often be used interchangeably. See under Synonymous..

Ambiguous :: Ambiguous (a.) Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression..

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