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signify
Part of speech: VerbTo show by a sign, mark, or token; make known; to declare; as, to signify one's consent; to denote; to mean.
Part of speech: VerbTo be of consequence or importance; to matter.
Part of speech: Past tense Part of speech: Past participleSignifying.
Usage examples "signify":- Now the cook sent up to signify that supper was almost ready, and sent one to lay the cloth, the trenchers, and to set the salt and bread in order. - "The Works of John Bunyan Volume 3", John Bunyan.
- " Well, surely to goodness, sir, that don't signify anything. - "The Man with a Shadow", George Manville Fenn.
- And what did it signify, anyhow? - "The Other Girls", Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.