Associations to the word «Signifying»

Wiktionary

SIGNIFY, verb. To give (something) a meaning or an importance.
SIGNIFY, verb. To show one’s intentions with a sign etc.
SIGNIFY, verb. To mean; to betoken.

Dictionary definition

SIGNIFY, verb. Denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means".
SIGNIFY, verb. Convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?".
SIGNIFY, verb. Make known with a word or signal; "He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats