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consignify

consignify verb: to signify or denote in combination with something else; to have a meaning when combined with something else.

Verb

consignify (third-person singular simple present consignifies, present participle consignifying, simple past and past participle consignified)

  1. To signify or denote in combination with something else; to have a meaning when combined with something else.
    • spirits are angels, that is to say messengers: all which words do consignify locality; and locality is dimension; and whatsoever hath dimension, is body, be it never so subtile.1640, Thomas Hobbbes, The Elements of Law
    • The cipher […] only serves to connote and consignify, and to change the value or the figures.1786, John Horne Tooke, Epea Pteroenta: or The Diversions of Purley, Part 1

Forms of consignify

third-person singular presentconsignifies
present participleconsignifying
past participleconsignified
pastconsignified

Origin of consignify

From con- + signify.

Words formed from consignify

Questions about consignify

What does consignify mean?
Consignify means to signify or denote in combination with something else; to have a meaning when combined with something else.
What part of speech is consignify?
Consignify is a verb.
What is the past tense of consignify?
The past tense of consignify is consignified.

Words near consignify in the dictionary

  1. consignification
  2. consignifications
  3. consignificative
  4. consignified
  5. consignifies
  6. consignify
  7. consignifying
  8. consigning
  9. consignment
  10. consignment note
  11. consignment notes

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