signify
/ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To give (something) a meaning or an importance.
verb
To make a difference; to matter (in negative or interrogative expressions).
Example Sentences
- "I’ll to the king; and signify to him / That thus I have resign’d my charge to you."
- "For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him."
- "In my humble Opinion, it would be no unseasonable Condescension, if the Government would Graciously please to signify to the pour loyal Protestant Subjects of Ireland, either that this miserable Want of Silver, is not possible to be remedy’d in any Degree […] or else, that it doth not stand with the good Pleasure of England, to suffer any Silver at all among us."
- "Tapping at the window, he signified that she should open the casement, and when she had done this he handed in the key to her."
- "“Do you want to write a cheque, Granny?” The old eyes signified assent."
- "Life’s […] a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing."