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Signification n.

The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means. "A signification of being pleased." "All speaking or signification of one's mind implies an act or addres of one man to another."

That which is signified or made known; that meaning which a sign, character, or token is intended to convey; as, the signification of words.

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Etymology of 'Signification'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Signification" Quotes from Famous Books

... themselves, but only on account of their relation with mind and feeling. You are only sensible to that which represents the sorrows of the heart. Music and poetry agree with this disposition; whilst the arts which speak to the eyes, though their signification be ideal, only please and interest us when the soul is tranquil and the imagination entirely free; nor do we require, in order to relish them, that gaiety which society inspires, but only the serenity which beautiful weather and a fine climate diffuse over the mind. We must be capable of feeling ...

— Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) - Or Italy • Mme de Stael

... This signification of goodness is lucidly put in the remark of Shakespeare's Portia, "Nothing I see is good without respect." We must have some respect or end in mind in reference to which the goodness is reckoned. ...

— The Nature of Goodness • George Herbert Palmer

... account for the signification of the circle between the two last letters of this inscription, but nothing satisfactory could be discovered. King Chembanga requested that a Portuguese might be sent along with him to his residence, to treat upon some important affairs, and left his nephew as an hostage for his safe return. Accordingly ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume VII • Robert Kerr

... by the orthodox as a God possessing the attributes of personality. The Deity becomes identified with nature, co-extensive with the universe, but the God of the orthodox no longer exists; we may change the signification of God, and use the word to express a different idea, but we can no longer mean by it a Personal Being in the orthodox sense, possessing an individuality which divides Him from the rest ...

— Annie Besant - An Autobiography • Annie Besant

... to find a meaning, why not accept the obvious signification of the name? Ma is the negative "no," "not;" ya means rough, fatiguing, difficult, painful, dangerous. The compound maya is given in the Dictionary of Motul with the translations "not arduous nor severe; something easy and not difficult to do;" cosa no grave ni recia; cosa facil ...

— The Maya Chronicles - Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 • Various

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