SIGNIFICATION, SIGNIFIED, SIGNIFY
ADJECTIVES
► SIGNIFICATE signified, indicated → 1432-50 obs.
NOUNS
► IMPORTANCE signification, meaning, purport → 1552 obs.
► IMPORTMENT signification, meaning, purport → a1624 obs.
► KNOWLEDGING meaning, signification → 1532 obs.
► PRETENSION meaning, sense, signification → 1443 obs.
► SIGNIFICATE that which is signified or symbolized → c1449
► SIGNIFICATIVE a thing or word serving to signify or indicate something → 1641
VERBS
► ADD UP ► ADD UP TO to amount to, to signify → 1930s sl.
► ARGUFY to be of importance, consequence, or use; to signify; to be evidence of something → 1751 colloq.
► BEHOLD to hold or contain by way of purport or signification; to signify, to mean → c1200 obs.
► BEMEAN to mean, to signify, to import → a1300 obs.
► BETOKEN to signify, to mean; to denote, to express in words → c1175 obs.
► MAGNIFY to signify, to matter → 1733 Ireland & Eng. dial.
► PRESIGN to signify or indicate in advance → 1590 obs.
► PRETEND to indicate, to mean, to signify → 1425 obs.
► SIGNATURIZE to symbolize, to signify → 1669 obs.