'Signified' definitions:
Definition of 'signified'
From: WordNet
noun
The meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted; "the dictionary gave several senses for the word"; "in the best sense charity is really a duty"; "the signifier is linked to the signified" [syn: sense, signified]
Definition of 'Signified'
From: GCIDE
- Signify \Sig"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Signified; p. pr. & vb. n. Signifying.] [F. signifier, L. significare; signum a sign + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Sign, n., and -fy.]
- 1. To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present. [1913 Webster]
- I 'll to the king; and signify to him That thus I have resign'd my charge to you. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The government should signify to the Protestants of Ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken. [1913 Webster]
- He bade her tell him what it signified. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- A tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Signify is often used impersonally; as, it signifies nothing, it does not signify, that is, it is of no importance. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To express; manifest; declare; utter; intimate; betoken; denote; imply; mean. [1913 Webster]