Definition of meaning

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

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Royalty :: Royalty (n.) An emblem of royalty; -- usually in the plural, meaning regalia..
Dilogical :: Dilogical (a.) Ambiguous; of double meaning.
Hyperbole :: Hyperbole (n.) A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect..
Auto- :: Auto- () A combining form, with the meaning of self, one's self, one's own, itself, its own..
Explain :: Explain (a.) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible..
Antero- :: Antero- () A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side..
Antonym :: Antonym (n.) A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym.
Raca :: Raca (a.) A term of reproach used by the Jews of our Savior's time, meaning worthless..
Spruce :: Spruce (n.) Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to persons..
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.
Imperator :: Imperator (n.) A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor..
Queck :: Queck (v. i.) A word occurring in a corrupt passage of Bacon's Essays, and probably meaning, to stir, to move..
Deponent :: Deponent (a.) Having a passive form with an active meaning, as certain latin and Greek verbs..
Chondro- :: Chondro- () A combining form meaning a grain, granular, granular cartilage, cartilaginous; as, the chondrocranium, the cartilaginous skull of the lower vertebrates and of embryos..
Development :: Development (n.) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning.
Gibberish :: Gibberish (a.) Unmeaning; as, gibberish language..
Distinctly :: Distinctly (adv.) With meaning; significantly.
Ambiguity :: Ambiguity (n.) The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression..
Met- :: Met- () A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely..
Well-meaning :: Well-meaning (a.) Having a good intention.
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