the message that is intended or expressed or signified; " what is the meaning of this sentence"; " the significance of a red traffic light"; " the signification of Chinese characters"; " the import of his announcement was ambigtuous"

The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means.

That which is signified or made known; that meaning which a sign, character, or token is intended to convey; as, the signification of words.

Act of signifying: that which is signified: meaning.

That which is signified; meaning; the act of signifying.

The act of signifying; that which is signified; meaning.

Meaning; sense; import.

The term received an improved and more noble signification in the times of chivalry, when the desire to please manifested itself in feats of arms, and personal conflict. – A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh

12: 13. This text as rendered in the Septuagint version brings out clearer the true signification: " Hear the end of the matter, the sum. – How to Live a Holy Life by C. E. Orr

The character of this pious worthy Gentleman is well known; my praise can be of no use or signification at all. – A Narrative Of The Most Remarkable Particulars In The Life Of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, An African Prince, As Related By Himself by James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw

16 suits very well, according to the view which we have taken, in its ordinary signification, " for." – Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Ernst Hengstenberg

The light shewed Winnie's face flushed and unresting, and of doubtful signification about the eyes. – Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner

We ourselves decide in favour of the latter signification, which occurs also in chap. – Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Ernst Hengstenberg

This, said he, is the signification of those stones which were rejected. – The Forbidden Gospels and Epistles, Complete by Archbishop Wake

In the latter illustration there are three stars to which I can give no signification. – In Search Of Gravestones Old And Curious by W.T. (William Thomas) Vincent

A child knows who are its brothers and sisters, long before it has any definite conception of the nature of the facts which are involved in the signification of those words. – A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) by John Stuart Mill

The point of a sentence often turns upon a delicate shade of thought conveyed by a particular word, which another of similar signification would not give; if this delicate shade is not appreciated, the writer's thought is either misapprehended, or but imperfectly understood. – Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig Döderlein Commentator: S. H. Taylor

I shall conclude this subject with observing, that we never had any Tories in Scotland, according to the proper signification of the word, and that the division of parties in this country was really into Whigs and Jacobites. – Essays by David Hume Commentator: Hannaford Bennett

She dropped him a mock courtesy, and held out her hand in token of amity, when the full signification of what she had said rushed into her mind and flooded her face with crimson. – The King's Stratagem and Other Stories by Stanley J. Weyman

Moreover, as he informs us, the Mexican root of the word is not derived from the primary meaning of the root, but from a secondary and later signification. – Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Henry Theophilus Finck

The perfect participle in English has both an active and passive signification. – The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

The sober interpreter, then, must have constant reference to the context, as well for the signification of particular terms as for the general sense of the passage under consideration. – Companion to the Bible by E. P. Barrows

Every hoof- beat upon the road was eloquent with signification for them. – The Border Boys Across the Frontier by Fremont B. Deering

Parkhurst gives as its signification, " to choose, choose out." – The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Robert Wallace

But the fact of the special application has not prevented the growth of a wider signification of " sweating" and " sweater." – Problems of Poverty by John A. Hobson

Another word of similar signification is Hivite. – Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by Archibald Sayce