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significates

significates is the plural of significate.

Meaning of significate

Noun

significate (plural significates)

  1. One of several things signified by a common term.
    • “Britain is an island;” “all tyrants are miserable; ” “no miser is rich; ” are universal propositions, and their subjects are therefore said to be distributed. being understood to stand, each, for the whole of its Significates: but, “some islands are fertile;” “all tyrants are not assassinated;"...1826, Richard Whately, Elements of Logic

Questions about significates

What is significates the plural of?
Significates is the plural of significate.

Words near significates in the dictionary

  1. significantly
  2. significantly othered
  3. significantness
  4. significants
  5. significate
  6. significates
  7. signification
  8. significations
  9. significative
  10. significatively
  11. significativeness

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