| slovo | definícia |
signify
(mass) | signify
- naznačiť, znamenať |
signify
(encz) | signify,naznačit v: Zdeněk Brož |
signify
(encz) | signify,znamenat |
Signify
(gcide) | Signify \Sig"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Signified; p. pr. &
vb. n. Signifying.] [F. signifier, L. significare; signum a
sign + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Sign, n., and
-fy.]
1. To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional
token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to
announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a
signified his desire to be present.
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I 'll to the king; and signify to him
That thus I have resign'd my charge to you. --Shak.
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The government should signify to the Protestants of
Ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied.
--Swift.
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2. To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken.
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He bade her tell him what it signified. --Chaucer.
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A tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing. --Shak.
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Note: Signify is often used impersonally; as, it signifies
nothing, it does not signify, that is, it is of no
importance.
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Syn: To express; manifest; declare; utter; intimate; betoken;
denote; imply; mean.
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signify
(wn) | signify
v 1: denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An
example sentence would show what this word means" [syn:
mean, intend, signify, stand for]
2: convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to
me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"
3: make known with a word or signal; "He signified his wish to
pay the bill for our meal" |
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signify
(mass) | signify
- naznačiť, znamenať |
signify
(encz) | signify,naznačit v: Zdeněk Brožsignify,znamenat |
Adsignify
(gcide) | Adsignify \Ad*sig"ni*fy\, v. t. [L. adsignificare to show.]
To denote additionally. [R.] --Tooke.
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Consignify
(gcide) | Consignify \Con*sig"ni*fy\, v. t. [Pref. con- + sognify.]
To signify or denote in combination with something else.
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The cipher . . . only serves to connote and consignify,
and to change the value or the figures. --Horne Tooke.
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Foresignify
(gcide) | Foresignify \Fore*sig"ni*fy\, v. t.
To signify beforehand; to foreshow; to typify. --Milton.
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Presignify
(gcide) | Presignify \Pre*sig"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Presignified;
imp. & p. p. Presignifying.] [L. praesignificare; prae
before + significare to signify.]
To intimate or signify beforehand; to presage.
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Presignifying
(gcide) | Presignify \Pre*sig"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Presignified;
imp. & p. p. Presignifying.] [L. praesignificare; prae
before + significare to signify.]
To intimate or signify beforehand; to presage.
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Signifying
(gcide) | Signify \Sig"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Signified; p. pr. &
vb. n. Signifying.] [F. signifier, L. significare; signum a
sign + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Sign, n., and
-fy.]
1. To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional
token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to
announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a
signified his desire to be present.
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I 'll to the king; and signify to him
That thus I have resign'd my charge to you. --Shak.
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The government should signify to the Protestants of
Ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied.
--Swift.
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2. To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken.
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He bade her tell him what it signified. --Chaucer.
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A tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing. --Shak.
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Note: Signify is often used impersonally; as, it signifies
nothing, it does not signify, that is, it is of no
importance.
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Syn: To express; manifest; declare; utter; intimate; betoken;
denote; imply; mean.
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signify
(wn) | signify
v 1: denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An
example sentence would show what this word means" [syn:
mean, intend, signify, stand for]
2: convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to
me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"
3: make known with a word or signal; "He signified his wish to
pay the bill for our meal" |
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