[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

signify \sig"nify\, 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.
      1913 webster

            i 'll to the king; and signify to him
            that thus i have resign'd my charge to you. --shak.
      1913 webster

            the government should signify to the protestants of
            ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied.
                                                  --swift.
      1913 webster

   2. to mean; to import; to denote; to betoken.
      1913 webster

            he bade her tell him what it signified. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            a tale
            told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
            signifying nothing.                   --shak.
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   note: signify is often used impersonally; as, it signifies
         nothing, it does not signify, that is, it is of no
         importance.
         1913 webster

   syn: to express; manifest; declare; utter; intimate; betoken;
        denote; imply; mean.
        1913 webster
see also:
signified signifying sign -fy 

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