English-Thai Dictionary

signify

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SIGNIFY

v.t.[L. significo; signum, a sign, and facio, to make. ] 1. To make known something, either by signs or words; to express or communicate to another any idea, thought, wish, a hod, wink, gesture, signal or other sign. A man signifies his mind by his voice or by written characters; he may signify his mind by a nod or other motion, provided the person to whom he directs it, understands what is intend by it. A general or an admiral signifies his commands by signals to officers as a distance.
2. To mean; to have or contain a certain sense. The word sabbath signifies rest. Less, in composition, as in faithless, signifies destitution or want. The prefix re, in recommend, seldom signifies any thing.
3. To import; to weigh; to have consequence; used in particular phrases; as, it signifies much or little; it signifies nothing. What does it signify? What signify the splendors of a court? Confession of sin without reformation of life, can signify nothing in the view of God.
4. To make known; to declare. The government should signify to the protestants of Ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied.

 

SIGNIFY

v.i.To express meaning with force. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SIGNIFY

Sig "ni *fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Signified; p. pr. & vb. n.Signifying.] Etym: [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. I 'll to the king; and signify to him That thus I have resign'd my charge to you. Shak. The government should signify to the Protestants of Ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied. Swift.

 

2. To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken. He bade her tell him what it signified. Chaucer. A tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. Shak.

 

Note: Signify is often used impersonally; as, it signifies nothing, it does not signify, that is, it is of no importance.

 

Syn. -- To express; manifest; declare; utter; intimate; betoken; denote; imply; mean.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

signify

sig ni fy |ˈsignəˌfī ˈsɪɡnəˌfaɪ | ▶verb ( signifies, signifying, signified ) 1 [ with obj. ] be an indication of: this decision signified a fundamental change in their priorities. • be a symbol of; have as meaning: the church used this image to signify the Holy Trinity. • (of a person ) indicate or declare (a feeling or intention ): signify your agreement by signing the letter below. • [ no obj. with negative ] be of importance: the locked door doesn't necessarily signify. 2 [ no obj. ] informal (among black Americans ) exchange boasts or insults as a game or ritual. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French signifier, from Latin significare ‘indicate, portend, ’ from signum ‘token. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

signify

sig |nify |ˈsɪgnɪfʌɪ | ▶verb ( signifies, signifying, signified ) 1 [ with obj. ] be an indication of: this decision signified a fundamental change in their priorities. • be a symbol of; have as meaning: the church used this image to signify the Holy Trinity. • (of a person ) indicate or declare (a feeling or intention ): signify your agreement by signing the letter below. • [ no obj. ] [ with negative ] be of importance: the locked door doesn't necessarily signify. 2 [ no obj. ] US informal (among black Americans ) exchange boasts or insults as a game or ritual. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French signifier, from Latin significare ‘indicate, portend ’, from signum ‘token ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

signify

signify verb 1 this signified a fundamental change: be evidence of, be a sign of, mark, signal, mean, spell, be symptomatic of, herald, indicate; literary betoken. 2 the egg signifies life: mean, denote, designate, represent, symbolize, stand for; literary betoken. 3 signify your agreement by signing below: express, indicate, show, proclaim, declare. 4 the locked door doesn't signify: mean anything, be of importance, be important, be significant, be of significance, be of account, count, matter, be relevant.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

signify

signify verb 1 this decision signified a fundamental change in their priorities: be evidence of, be a sign of, mark, signal, mean, spell, add up to, amount to, denote, be symptomatic of, be a symptom of, reveal, manifest, designate; announce, herald, be an indication of, indicate, point to; literary betoken. 2 the symbol of an egg signifies life: mean, denote, designate, represent, symbolize, stand for, correspond to, be equivalent to, imply; literary betoken. 3 signify your agreement by signing the letter below: express, indicate, show, communicate, intimate; announce, proclaim, declare, pronounce. ANTONYMS withhold; keep secret. 4 the locked door doesn't necessarily signify: mean anything /something, be of importance, be of consequence, be important, be significant, be of significance, carry weight, be of account, count, matter, be relevant; informal cut any ice.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

signify

sig ni fy /sɪ́ɡnɪfàɪ /〖sign (印 )ify (を付ける )〗(名 )significance, (形 )significant, (副 )significantly 動詞 -fies /-z /; -fied /-d /; ～ing 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠ (!進行形にしない ) 1 〈出来事 記号 象徴などが 〉…を意味する (mean 1 ); 〖～ (that )節 /wh節 〗…であること […か ]を意味する , 示す , 表明する ▸ The color of the belt signifies what level the person is at in their training .帯の色はその人が訓練のどの段階にあるかを示します 2 〈人が 〉 (言葉 身ぶり 記号などで )〈希望 感情 意見など 〉を表す , 意味する (indicate, signal ); 〖～ (to A ) (that )節 〗(A 〈人 〉に )…であることを示す ; 〖～ A (to B )〗A 〈希望 感情 意見など 〉を (B 〈人 〉に )示す ▸ He signified his agreement with a nod .彼はうなずいて同意を示した 3 …の前兆 [前ぶれ ]となる ▸ A halo signifies rain .(太陽や月の )かさは雨の前ぶれである 自動詞 〖通例否定文 疑問文で 〗重要である (matter ), 意味がある ▸ Never mind, it doesn't signify .心配するな, たいしたことではない