significate
/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkət/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One of several things signified by a common term.
Example Sentences
- "“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;" are Particular, and their subjects, consequently, not distributed, being taken to stand for a part only of their Significates"
Etymology
From Latin significatus, past participle of significare.