signify

v. குறித்துக்காட்டு, அடையாளமாய் அமை, தனிச்சின்னமாய் அமை, பின்விளைவு காட்டு, பயன்வளமுடையதாயிரு, விளைவுவளக் கூறுடையதாய் அமை, பெருள்படு, கருப்பொருளுடையதாயிரு, உட்குறிப்புடையதாயிரு, தனிக்கருத்துப் புலப்படுத்து, படிப்பினை வழங்கு, தனிச்சிறப்புடையதாயிரு, குறிப்பிடத்தக்கதாய் அமை, கவனிப்பிற்குரியதாயிரு, புறக்கணிக்கத்தகாததாயிரு, தெரிவி, அறிவி.

Synonyms

portend purport prognosticate mean represent indicate communicate denote betoken declare utter forebode presage

Antonyms

conceal suppress misindicate misdenote nullify refute neutralize preclude

Sig"ni*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Signified; p. pr. & vb. n. Signifying.] Etym: [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.

signify - Similar Words

ignify adsignify lignify dignify presignify consignify signiory signifer foresignify sniffy