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signifiance

/sɪɡˈnɪfi.əns/

signifiance noun: signification, meaning.

Noun

signifiance (uncountable)

  1. (Early, Modern, rare) signification, meaning
    • Of this people Iugurth aſſembled a multitude togyder and by lytell & lytell enduced & taught them by cuſtome and exercyſe to folowe the oꝛder of chyualry: to kepe array / to inſue their ſtanderdes / to obey the cōmaundementes of their capitayns / to diſcerne and haue knowlege of the ſignifiaunce of...c. 1525, Sallust, “How Iugurth aſſembled a newe army of the rude getulyans agaynſt the romayns”, in Alexander Barclay, transl., Here begynneth the famous cronycle of the warre, which the romayns had...
    • Reade we not of a horne that did blaſpheme, / The name of God through pride and arrogance: / Yet of his woords and ſpeach who did miſdeeme, / Or ſought not rather their ſignifiance.c. 1577, F. T., The debate betweene Pride and Lowlines […] , London: Rafe Newbery

Forms of signifiance

alternative formsignifiaunce

Origin of signifiance

Inherited from Middle English signifiaunce, from Old French senefiance, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin significantia. Doublet of significance.

Questions about signifiance

What does signifiance mean?
Signifiance means signification, meaning.
What part of speech is signifiance?
Signifiance is a noun.
How do you pronounce signifiance?
Signifiance is pronounced /sɪɡˈnɪfi.əns/.

Words near signifiance in the dictionary

  1. signiconic
  2. signieur
  3. signieurs
  4. signifer
  5. signifiable
  6. signifiance
  7. signifiaunce
  8. signific
  9. significance
  10. significance level
  11. significance levels

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