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Definition of Signifies
1. signify [v] - See also: signify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Signifies
Literary usage of Signifies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arcana Cœlestia: The Heavenly Arcana Contained in the Holy Scriptures Or by Emanuel Swedenborg (1874)
"He dreamed, signifies foresight: and behold a ladder set on the earth, signifies
communication of lowest truth and good thence derived: and its head ..."
2. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand (1849)
"To dream you see a stack of corn burnt, signifies famine and mortality. ...
If a young man dreams he draws water out of a well, it signifies he will be ..."
3. Word-book of English Spelling, Oral and Written: Designed to Attain by William Swinton (1872)
"Ism signifies : 1. being, or state of being, 2. an idiom, 3. doctrine of; 1.
barbarism, 2. ... 1st signifies one who, or the person t/iat; novelist. ..."
4. Word-book of English Spelling, Oral and Written: Designed to Attain by William Swinton (1872)
"Ism signifies : 1. being, or state of being, 2. an idiom, 3. doctrine of; 1.
barbarism, 2. ... 1st signifies one who, or the person that ; novelist. ..."
5. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"Feat, in French fait, Latin factum, from fado, signifies the thing done. The first
three words rise progressively on one another: deeds, compared with the ..."
6. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"From two Greek words, one of which signifies nature or natural state ; the other,
an account; ... From a Greek word which signifies habitual mode of life, ..."
7. The Apocalypse Revealed: Wherein are Disclosed the Arcana There Foretold by Emanuel Swedenborg (1855)
"9, "And they sung a new song," signifies an acknowledgment and ... signifies that
from the Lord they are in wisdom from divine truths and in love from ..."
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