He bade her tell him what it signified.
Chaucer.
A tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying
nothing.
Shak.
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.
Sign"ior (?), n. Sir; Mr. The English form and pronunciation for the
Italian Signor and the Spanish Señor.
Sign"ior*ize (?), v. t. [See Seigniorize.] To exercise dominion over;
to lord it over. [Obs.] Shelton.
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Sign"ior*ize (sn"yr*z), v. i. To exercise dominion; to seigniorize.
[Obs.] Hewyt.
Sign"ior*ship, n. State or position of a signior.
Sign"ior*y (-), n. Same as Seigniory.
{ ||Si*gnor" (?), ||Si*gno"re (?) }, n. [It. See Seignior.] Sir; Mr.;
-- a title of address or respect among the Italians. Before a noun the
form is Signor.
||Si*gno"ra (?), n. [It.] Madam; Mrs; -- a title of address or respect
||among the Italians.
||Si`gno*ri"na (?), n. [It.] Miss; -- a title of address among the
||Italians.
Sign"post` (?), n. A post on which a sign hangs, or on which papers are
placed to give public notice of anything.
{ Sik (?), Sike (?), } a. Such. See Such. [Obs.] "Sike fancies weren
foolerie." Spenser.
Sike (?), n. [AS. sc. Cf. Sig.] A gutter; a stream, such as is usually
dry in summer. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]