Definition of signify

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of signify is as below...

Signify (n.) 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..

Lern More About Signify

Megalo- :: Megalo- () Combining forms signifying: (a) Great, extended, powerful; as, megascope, megacosm..
Semi- :: Semi- () A prefix signifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent, imperfectly transparent..
Deka- :: Deka- () A prefix signifying ten. See Deca-.
#NAME? :: -gerous () A suffix signifying bearing, producing; as, calcigerous; dentigerous..
Equivocal :: Equivocal (a.) Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected; as, his actions are equivocal..
Cata :: Cata () The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic..
Electro- :: Electro- () A prefix or combining form signifying pertaining to electricity, produced by electricity, producing or employing electricity, etc.; as, electro-negative; electro-dynamic; electro-magnet..
Sforzato :: Sforzato (a.) Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or /..
Enter- :: Enter- () A prefix signifying between, among, part..
Stetted :: Stet (subj. 3d pers. sing.) Let it stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify that something once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain..
Morbidezza :: Morbidezza (n.) A term used as a direction in execution, signifying, with extreme delicacy..
Hypo- :: Hypo- () A prefix signifying a less quantity, or a low state or degree, of that denoted by the word with which it is joined, or position under or beneath..
Presignification :: Presignification (n.) The act of signifying or showing beforehand.
Arch- :: Arch- () A prefix signifying chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend..
Quaere :: Quaere (v. imperative.) Inquire; question; see; -- used to signify doubt or to suggest investigation.
Para- :: Para- () A prefix signifying alongside of, beside, beyond, against, amiss; as parable, literally, a placing beside; paradox, that which is contrary to opinion; parachronism..
En- :: En- () A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written indifferently with en-or in-. For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em-before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable, enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimes merely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. See In-..
#NAME? :: -ing () A suffix used to form nouns from verbs, and signifying the act of; the result of the act; as, riding, dying, feeling. It has also a secondary collective force; as, shipping, clothing..
Sound :: Sound (v. t.) To signify; to import; to denote.
Signify :: Signify (n.) To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us