signify  /s'ɪgnəf,ɑɪ/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  signify
  (vt.)象徵,預示(vi.)要緊

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  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.
  
              I 'll to the king; and signify to him That thus I
              have resign'd my charge to you.       --Shak.
  
              The government should signify to the Protestants of
              Ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied.
                                                    --Swift.
  
     2. To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken.
  
              He bade her tell him what it signified. --Chaucer.
  
              A tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
              Signifying nothing.                   --Shak.
  
     Note: Signify is often used impersonally; as, it signifies
           nothing, it does not signify, that is, it is of no
           importance.
  
     Syn: To express; manifest; declare; utter; intimate; betoken;
          denote; imply; mean.

資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  signify
       v 1: denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An
            example sentence would show what this word means" [syn:
            {mean}, {intend}, {stand for}]
       2: convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to
          me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"
       3: make known with a word or signal; "He signified his wish to
          pay the bill for our meal"
       [also: {signified}]