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  • 21signify assent — index acknowledge (respond), concur (agree) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 22signify — signifiable, adj. /sig neuh fuy /, v., signified, signifying. v.t. 1. to make known by signs, speech, or action. 2. to be a sign of; mean; portend. v.i. 3. to be of importance or consequence. [1200 50; ME signifien < OF signifier < L significare&#8230; …

    Universalium

  • 23signify — verb a) To give (something) a meaning or an importance. b) To show one’s intentions with a sign etc …

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  • 24signify — Synonyms and related words: add up to, amount to something, announce, approve, argue, assign, attest, augur, be construed as, be featured, be indicative of, be prominent, be significant of, be somebody, be something, be symptomatic of, bear,&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 25signify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. show; declare, portend; mean, denote, express, connote, indicate. See meaning, importance. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. imply, import, purport; see mean 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. mean,&#8230; …

    English dictionary for students

  • 26signify — v. a. RG. 345 …

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  • 27signify — sig·ni·fy || sɪgnɪfaɪ v. represent, indicate; communicate, express, convey; have importance, have significance …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 28signify — verb (signifies, signifying, signified) 1》 be an indication of. 2》 be a symbol of; have as meaning. 3》 (of a person) indicate or declare (a feeling or intention). 4》 [with negative] be of importance. 5》 US informal (among black Americans)&#8230; …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 29signify — I. v. a. 1. Express, communicate, intimate, indicate, betoken. 2. Denote, betoken, mean, imply, purport, import. 3. Declare, proclaim, impart, announce, give notice of, manifest, utter, make known. 4. Indicate, betoken, suggest as being intended …

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  • 30signify — v 1. signal, sign, flag, semaphore, Naut. wigwag; convey, impart, get or put across, make known; transmit, send, pass on or along, Inf. telegraph, Inf broadcast; communicate, express, relate, speak, tell of or about, voice, utter, breathe;&#8230; …

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