Definition of signify

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Signify (n.) To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken.

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Denote :: Denote (v. t.) To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the hour..
-ance :: -ance () A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy..
Wave :: Wave (v. t.) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate..
Pro :: Pro (a.) A Latin preposition signifying for, before, forth..
Col- :: Col- () A prefix signifying with, together. See Com-..
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature..
Demi- :: Demi- () A prefix, signifying half..
Contra :: Contra () A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Cf. Counter, adv. & pref..
A :: A () An adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and signifying one or any, but less emphatically..
Foretoken :: Foretoken (v. t.) To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate.
Sub- :: Sub- () A prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence often, in an inferior position or degree, in an imperfect or partial state, as in subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid, subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin compounds often becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-, suf-, sug-, and sup- before c, f, g, and p respectively. Before c, p, and t it sometimes takes form sus- (by the dropping of b from a collateral form, subs-)..
Indicatively :: Indicatively (adv.) In an indicative manner; in a way to show or signify.
Hemi- :: Hemi- () A prefix signifying half.
Frank-law :: Frank-law (n.) The liberty of being sworn in courts, as a juror or witness; one of the ancient privileges of a freeman; free and common law; -- an obsolete expression signifying substantially the same as the American expression civil rights..
Indo- :: Indo- () A prefix signifying Indian (i. e., East Indian); of or pertaining of India..
Trans- :: Trans- () A prefix, signifying over, beyond, through and through, on the other side, as in transalpine, beyond the Alps; transform, to form through and through, that is, anew, transfigure..
Luteo- :: Luteo- () A combining form signifying orange yellow or brownish yellow.
Betoken :: Betoken (v. t.) To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens.
Presignify :: Presignify (v. t.) To intimate or signify beforehand; to presage.
Leuc- :: Leuc- () A combining form signifying white, colorless; specif. (Chem.), denoting an extensive series of colorless organic compounds, obtained by reduction from certain other colored compounds; as, leucaniline, leucaurin, etc..
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