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The more it is identified, the more complex the networks of signification become, and once-hidden histories of reference and allusion emerge with new clarity. Perspective | LGBT artists sent messages from the closet to survive before Stonewall. Now, homophobes are coopting the technique. 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z
“To give an Author to a text,” he writes, “is to impose upon that text a stop clause, to furnish it with a final signification, to close the writing.” Best of Salon: Why “The Sopranos” final scene haunts us still 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z
Klemperer, Boulez said, seemed “much more interested in the signification of the form of music.” Otto Klemperer’s Conducting Still Stuns, 50 Years After His Death 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z
Photographers' Gallery, London W1F, until 30 June Stephen WillatsThis seminal figure in British conceptual art has worked with Oxford communities to create art about communication and – as we said back in the day – signification.• Rachel Whiteread and the decaying streets of Palermo – the week in art 2013-04-19T10:23:00Z
Or perhaps one should say that the emphasis is on that signification, with the other one, the more serious one, now switching places and assuming the role of subfrequency. The Ill-Defined Plot 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z
But it’s not that meaning is absent; rather, it is hidden in layers of signification. Cracking the Codes of Leena Krohn 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z
The tribute to Johnson features his famous definition of “lexicographer”: “a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words.” Merriam-Webster adds 'alt-right' and 'sriracha' and 250 more words to its dictionary 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z
Mr. Kurosawa doesn’t draw dramatic attention to this resemblance, but it’s there, creating a connection that becomes part of a complex, unnerving web of signification. Review: In ‘Creepy,’ a Cold Case Turns Red Hot, but Don’t Tell the Neighbors 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z
Weeping, which happens when words are not enough, belongs to this world of pure signification. “The Crying Book” Reveals How Tears Can Help Us, and How They Can’t 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z
Like his university classmate Heidegger, Benjamin believed that the primary unit of language was neither the speech act nor the structure of signification. Hannah Arendt was right: Walter Benjamin is “sui generis” 2014-03-19T11:50:00Z
The echo of “smoothness” in “bruises” is typical of Gregg’s acute yet playful ear; her work explores language’s textures through sound in tandem with signification. Linda Gregg in The New Yorker 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z
Your story, “New Guidance” started out seeming comic—the use of language, the signification—“The New Guidance was: No More air.” “Thinking about how to transition”: David Means and Luke Mogelson, short story masters, contemplate the novel 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z
The huge output of Russian composer Alfred Schinttke raises these sorts of questions – and some even more profound ones about musical meaning and historical signification. A guide to the music of Alfred Schnittke 2013-04-29T15:12:17Z
“If you keep for a signification amount of time capacity that you don’t use, you put yourself in trouble. That’s what experience shows. So you need to continually adjust your capacity to your needs.” CES 2023: Stellantis preps cost cuts due to higher EV prices 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z
Saussure held that there were structural laws that define how linguistic signification operated; the semiotics of Saussure and Pierce were the means of discovering these laws. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z
The apartment signs of L.A. announce location through flair, decadence, strangeness, absurdity, signification. For the love of apartment signs! (A tribute to the most overlooked letters in L.A.) 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z
A National Security Council spokeswoman told The Associated Press that the U.S. “will send a signification amount of additional doses to Haiti soon,” but further details were not immediately available. US to deliver nearly 837K Pfizer vaccines to Caribbean 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z
“What is not going to change is that we won a very significant victory in the popular vote, we won a very signification victory in the realignment vote,” Sanders said. Sanders defiantly declares victory in disputed Iowa contest, amid caucus confusion 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z
“It’s not about redemption or rescue — that’s too Christian for me. It’s really about ... can we look at this degraded signification in a new way?” Love, sex, death and the language of painting: Lari Pittman on his Hammer retrospective 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z
“All of these significations are based in black musical — if not political — culture and their intersections,” Hayes said. Perspective | Aretha Franklin transformed national anthem performances into political statements 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z
There were no signification differences in how quickly or fully the men’s bodies acclimated to exercising in the heat, whether they drank often while riding or drank nothing. Why We All Need to Drink More During Hot Weather Exercise 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z
Thrillers love to notate and record only surfaces; they gorge on named things, turning realism into the expertise of signification. Nine Tales of Crises in “All That Man Is” 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z
He has passed into what he calls the “void of signification”—a realm of the “virtual” in which language dissolves into a succession of sounds. The Terrifying Beauty of Mallarmé 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z
And yet the president was engaging in his own signification, standing in front of Theodore Roosevelt, killing Keystone because of how it would look to the rest of the world. Keystone XL pipeline rejection signals US taking lead on climate change fight 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z
It was one of the most signification mutations in the disease's history, allowing it to spread rapidly. Plague traced back to Bronze Age - BBC News 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z
“It is likely that infectious disease is responsible for a signification portion of India’s pre-pregnancy underweight problem,” she said. Despite India’s Wealth, Pregnant Women Are Dangerously Underweight, Study Finds 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z
While Virtru is not a completely seamless experience, it is a walk in the park compared with some of the other options, which require signification coordination with the recipient of your messages. Ways to Protect Your Email After You Send It 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z
It’s a lot of sound and fury, but of little signification now that national healthcare reform is assured. Ballot measures: A rundown of results 2012-11-07T20:45:00Z
Its present use is derived from its technological signification in glass-manufacturing, where by die Schlieren are meant the wavy streaks and imperfections in glass. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z
The Hebrew word egel or ghegel has been usually taken to mean calf, but, say these gentlemen, erroneously so, its true signification being altogether different. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z
It is possible, however, that “gate” is used here in its old signification, and that the name means simply high road. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z
It is supposed with good reason, that there could be nothing personal in this curiosity, and therefore that it was intended as a political signification of a certain degree of complaisance towards America. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z
The signification of all this soon appeared, for on Hudson coming out of the cabin they seized him, and bound his arms behind him. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z
As if they would tie the goodness of the person to the signification of the name. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z
To these three personages, different functions are assigned, in the Hindoo system of mythologic superstition, corresponding to the different significations of their names. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z
To avoid confusion, the latter signification only should be used, and it will be thus used in this article. Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects 2012-03-28T02:00:31.483Z
The first theory was that of the Platonists, and it was adopted by the Christians, who, however, changed the signification of the word dæmon. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z
“Matter,” “nature,” “substance,” “existence,” are words having the same signification in the Atheist’s vocabulary. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z
I venture, as to the signification of the two figures, to make a suggestion to stand good until a better be found. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z
Moreover, the same root in the same signification is also found in some of the Aryan languages. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z
A language extremely deficient in words of general and abstract signification renders the use of figures indispensable; and it is from this cause, above all others, that the flowers of Indian rhetoric derive their origin. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z
The name was afterwards applied, on account of the fineness of this powder, to highly rectified spirits, a signification unknown in Arabia. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z
If this mode of defining the word be contested, then it has no meaning other than its relative signification of a means to an end. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z
The form is or was building, in this passive signification, is idiomatic, and, if free from ambiguity, is commonly preferable to the modern is or was being built. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z
The connection of this cross with Thor, the Thunderer, is not without its signification and importance, in considering the forms and origin of these emblems and their transmission from the Pagan to the Christian world. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z
She dropped him a mock courtesy, and held out her hand in token of amity, when the full signification of what she had said rushed into her mind and flooded her face with crimson. The King's Stratagem and Other Stories 2012-03-22T02:00:40.343Z
In an active signification; as, a word used actively. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z
This flag possesses not only the signification the "black flag" does with Europeans, but must never be carried in retreat before an enemy, nothing but death being permitted to arrest its progress. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z
The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing; as, ½He has gone to town,¸ for, ½He has gone to London.¸ Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z
However that may be, it is certain that as time went on and its form varied, different significations were attached to it. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z
There are at least six different significations in which the expression "freedom of the will" may be used. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z
A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substance of extreme hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical signification. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z
No constant signification, however, can be attached to aural tinnitus. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z
I myself indeed care only about the sense and signification, but you must now endeavour to attain also external elegance. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z
However, this ceremony may, in its signification, be attributed to the customs of the various nations. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z
I have attempted to ascertain the primary signification of the word "αδελφος," for the purpose of laying down a rule for its right interpretation in the sacred scriptures. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 105, November 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-09T03:00:19.037Z
The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z
Even when used in its more restricted signification, difficulties as to the propriety of its application to certain epidemics arise. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z
In the second Sonata, this dialogue, with its signification, is very forcibly expressed, the opposition of the two principal parts being more sensibly marked than in the first Sonata. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z
But each name has the same signification in the religious phraseology of the negro song. Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes 2012-03-09T03:00:17.743Z
—The intended signification of this name, "aneroid," can of course be only determined by the person who conferred it; upon any less direct authority the derivation quoted from Mr. Dent's description can scarcely be received. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 105, November 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-09T03:00:19.037Z
The words are of single signification, without any ambiguity. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z
It is said that the disease received this name because it was attributed to the influence of the stars, or from a secondary signification of the word indicating something fluid, transient, or fashionable. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z
It attains the satisfaction by tacking on to its pure negativity, and that externally, the positive signification of its unity with the ultimate Being: its satisfaction remains therefore tainted by the antithesis of another world. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z
First, we see that it is impossible to determine the signification of the word Shiloh, or to ascertain, whether it be the name of a man or a city? Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z
If that is the signification, it is evidently very different from the first interpretation. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z
Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z
In surgical cases, even where the precautions of Listerism have been faultlessly observed, febrile movements of considerable intensity, but of no prognostic signification, are of frequent occurrence. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z
The correct accent, if it is introduced, suggests the meaning: but this introduction of the signification of an idea disturbs the mechanical nexus and therefore easily throws out the reciter. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z
Clemens acknowledges that the term Eva, properly aspirated, had such a signification. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z
It is necessary to remember this development of signification in reading the older literature on the subject of mental disturbance. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z
It is difficult to express upon paper the difference of signification conveyed by the mode of intonating a sentence. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z
Our Meditation to-day is according to the Second Method, which "consists in considering the signification of each word of a prayer." Mater Christi Meditations on Our Lady 2012-02-25T03:00:09.890Z
But by so doing we overlook the proper signification it has in the mind. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z
Their pronunciation is exceedingly harsh and guttural; not more than two words, whose signification was at all ascertained, could be made out, 'sherroo,' a ship, boat, or canoe, and 'peteet,' a child. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z
The three most used words in popular medicine,—catarrh, rheumatism, and gout,—when traced to their etymological signification, mean the same thing. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z
In other words, their instruction must be decidedly different from that of white men, in regard to whom the term education had widely different significations. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z
It does not seem to have occurred to these allegorizing worthies that the tincture of a charge may be diametrically opposed to the signification assigned to the charge itself. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z
Mental representation is the mean in the syllogism of the elevation of intelligence, the link between the two significations of self-relatedness—viz. being and universality, which in consciousness receive the title of object and subject. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z
The saying, by the way, is that in revolutionary times the signification of words as applied to things is always changed. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z
The technique of the caesarean section has only a medical signification, and it need not be described here. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z
They talk so much about friendship, but there are only very few of them who are capable of realising the true signification of this word. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z
At other times the dreamer himself could interpret his vision by the help of the books in which the signification of dreams had been reduced to a science. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z
But this predicate, on its own account merely “practical,” has here the signification that I import my personal will into the thing. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z
Now this, unless "efficiency" has merely technical signification, is absurd. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z
"There are, it may be, so many kinds of music in the world, and none of them is without signification." Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z
I have suffered deeply in mind since we parted, on account of the strange words you let fall last evening; and I now seek your presence to demand, as your affianced husband, their signification. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z
Negroes: Fondness for “Nancy stories” — Negro loquacity — Their signification of the word “cursing” — Markets — Confusion of tongues — Weddings — The drive to church — Wedding banquet — Blushing brides — Funerals — “Wake nights” — Funeral procession — Christening — High-sounding names. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z
It is more probable, however, that this, or something very near it, was the original signification of the word from which the tribunals took their name. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z
His verses upon the months, framed according to their different astrological significations, ‘being blessed with success, according to his predictions,’ made him known all over England. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z
The word had not in those days its present purely posthumous signification, but was used of any formal disposition of a man's estate, or any part of it, to some given purpose. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z
Naturally nothing concerning Nebuchadnezzar's dreams occurs in the inscriptions of Babylonia, though dreams which were regarded as having a signification are sometimes recorded. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z
To make it apply at all, it is usually twisted from its proper signification and explained as meaning that one should not be fool-hardy, not attempt to struggle against overwhelming odds. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z
Every writer who wishes to be understood uses his words in their usual signification. Slavery and the Constitution 2012-02-01T03:00:13.957Z
And at once in this community, money receives, for the oppressor and his assistants, another signification, and its character as a medium of exchange therefore immediately ceases. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z
Especially to my worshipful brother sun, The which lights up the day, and through him dost Thou brightness give; And beautiful is he and radiant with splendor great; Of Thee, Most High, signification gives. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z
In truth, I could make neither head nor tail of its signification. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z
These occult prophecies, as they are supposed to be, which have puzzled and bewildered many thousands of Christian minds and bible expounders in their attempt to evolve their signification, are susceptible of a Cycular explanation. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z
Here was a parable which, slight as it seemed, was truly Biblical for the depth and manifoldness of its signification. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z
Words have always a definite meaning until we purposely give them a false signification. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z
It will consequently be seen, from what has been said, that the terms "genus" and "species" not only differ very considerably in importance, but in signification also. On the Variation of Species, with Especial Reference to the Insecta ; Followed by an Inquiry into the Nature of Genera 2012-01-17T03:00:21.933Z
It professes, however, to assist its members to the better comprehension of the esoteric or underlying significations of their respective religions.” Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z
Others bestowed upon it a mere spiritual signification, and not a few considered it symbolical of a "holy life." The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z
God forbid; they dwelt not with things material, but with spiritual significations. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z
Etymology, et-i-mol′o-ji, n. the investigation of the derivation and original signification of words: the science that treats of the origin and history of words: the part of grammar relating to inflection.—adjs. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z
Wherefore do ye consider what these may portend, and give me the signification thereof without delay.” Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z
In the latter, the triple bars have one signification, which will readily suggest itself to those who know the meaning of the triad. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z
There is hardly a dogma dating from the seventeenth or the sixteenth century that has now the same signification that it had at the beginning. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z
But that Scripture is the more excellent, which is exceeding fruitful and brings forth abundant signification. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z
Dag, the Hebrew word, has the same original signification. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 97, September 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-30T03:00:24.060Z
The modern signification of the terms is different, Whig being taken to mean "liberal," and Tory "exclusive." Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 96, August 30, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-26T03:00:11Z
As in religious Symbolism every detail has a signification, we naturally speculate upon the meaning of the beads which fringe the lower part of the diamond-shaped garment. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z
"Cash" in Hong Kong, and in China generally, is of course in signification the same as in Europe, but in China it is specific, definite. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z
Moses, therefore, knowing the mysteries of the religion of the Egyptians, and having learned of their occultists the value and signification of all sacred birds and beasts, delivered like mysteries to his own people. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z
The names of East and West are indeed purely relative; and have not the same permanent and definite signification as the North or South pole in every portion of the globe. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z
We have now in part run over the exposition of this gospel, now we will say to you the signification of the names of those four apostles, whom Christ first chose. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z
This gem is valuable, inasmuch as it assists us to understand the signification of the pine cone offered to the 'grove,' the equivalent of le Verger de Cypris. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z
The quadrate bone is regarded as a detached portion of the temporal; on the signification of this we do not now propose to dwell. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z
If it be true, and yet seem to you to have a material signification, know that you have not solved it. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z
I have already had occasion to speak of the deep and mysterious signification of their treatment of the dead. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z
So was the old law very difficult and obscure to understand; but, nevertheless, when we come to the flour, that is to the signification, then it feeds and strengthens our mind with the hidden lore. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z
They may only be used for decoration and without religious signification; if they have the last, I have not been able to discover it. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z
For this reason, the definition of proportions, considered from a general point of view, their signification, their function and their utility, are questions which it would be superfluous to enter upon here. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z
"I know; I'm not saying anything against that, so----" Here their voices became inaudible, but in those few words I gathered the full signification of their intentions. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z
Or had all these narratives a signification purely mythic, as we may easily conjecture to be the case in the expedition of Osiris? The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z
It is not without signification that the birth of the crier was completed on the day when the worldly day is waning, and that it is waxing on the birth-tide of the Lord. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z
When we have such an unmistakable bi-sexual cross before our eyes, it is impossible to ignore the signification of Figs. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z
But a notation similar to that of which we have spoken can be discovered, and its exact signification should now be determined. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z
Now the first mention which we have of the Apostle Simon is full of signification. St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture 2011-11-28T03:00:25.013Z
There is strong reason to believe that Christians in general rarely examine into the real signification of words which they are taught to use, or which, from some fancy or other, they commit to memory. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z
This is said according to a spiritual signification, not as a bodily precept. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z
With regard to the signification of spots, we may notice that they indicated, either by their shape or by their name, the emblem of womankind. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z
The word murábiṭ, therefore, gradually got an exclusively religious signification, 'devotee' or 'saint,' which appears in its modern form, marabout. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z
These suffixes were probably at first unmeaning, or rather clothed with vague significations, which changed according to the place occupied in the sentence by the stem to which they were joined. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z
Nor can I discover in the Greek anything which explains the esoteric signification of the story. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z
Now Paul knew not the ghostly signification of that law, and was therefore its advocate, and a persecutor of the faith of Christ. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z
I can find no clue to the signification of the inscription. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z
The terms infinite and absolute will, of necessity, then, when applied to him, have entirely different significations from what they will when applied to Space and Time. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z
Gradually this vagueness of signification disappeared, and particular suffixes came to be set apart to represent particular relations of grammar. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z
A Dictionary of Synonymous Words in the English Language, showing the Accurate signification of words of similar meaning. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z
Undoubtedly he who rightly acknowledges God, and obeys him, holds in his life the signification of these two names. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z
They had to the servants two distinct significations. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z
The terms used in the text quoted are literal terms, and undoubtedly the passage is to be taken in its most literal signification. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z
Symbolic words, therefore, are what the Chinese grammarians call “empty words”—words, that is, which have been divested of their proper signification and serve a grammatical purpose only. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z
The double signification which my words might bear drew forth more tears. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z
If he boldly, for the name of God, endures hardship, and manfully withstands the temptations of the devil, then fulfils he in his conduct the signification of Andrew, which is interpreted bold. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z
For an explanation of the signification of spots, see Plate iv., Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z
Indeed, the Limitists are confidently challenged to designate another case in language, in which a positive term can be alleged to have a purely negative signification. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z
Words may lose their true signification and become the mere exponents of grammatical ideas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z
Does not Shakspeare, by his frequent repetition of precise, in this play, seem purposely to stamp it with that peculiar signification necessary to his meaning, that is, rigidly virtuous? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-10-19T02:00:23.307Z
Nothing more is necessary for a picture than that you see and praise it: but it is not enough to look at characters without, at the same time, reading them, and understanding their signification. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z
The hand thus presented to the grove resembles a part of the Buddhist cross, and the shank of a key, whose signification is described in a subsequent page. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z
In the two instances under consideration, the word condition has entirely different significations. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z
In agriculture the word has an extended signification to include the various fodder-plants, chiefly leguminous, often called “artificial grasses.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z
Ideographic writing was carried to great perfection, the signs for ideas became fixed, and each ideograph had a stereotyped signification. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
This discourse might easily be concealed from the laymen, were it not for its spiritual signification. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z
Figure 84 is a very ancient Hindoo emblem, whose real signification I am unable to divine. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z
It has already been stated, a few pages back, that the doctrine of continuity admits of being held in two very different significations. Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z
It was scarcely Unitarian, not even Christian in a technical sense or in any other but a broad moral signification. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z
The question of the signification of the Apostles' Creed, which through Grundtvig, had greatly agitated the Northern Evangelical churches, led him in 1858 to a thorough investigation of this ancient Confession of Faith. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z
The signification of a corporate organization is well understood, but how shall we ascertain its principles and designs? Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z
One of these was as to the correct interpretation of the so-called Assyrian grove; another was the signification of one of Lajard's gems, Plate iv., Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z
The sentimental element, using the word in its nobler signification, which is distinctive of the latter, is almost entirely lacking in the former. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z
Doublet, dub′let, n. a pair: an inner garment: name given to words that are really the same, but vary somewhat in spelling and signification, as desk, disc, and dish, describe and descry. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z
And this was the signification: “Soul true till death.” The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z
I hope no one will introduce it into poetry with this signification. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 90, July 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-10-03T02:00:27.757Z
The two bear the same signification as the Egyptian eye. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z
Of course the original signification of the custom has been forgotten and a purely symbolical mean-ing has been attached to it. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z
But of what signification were the promises of such a faithless man! Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z
"I suppose I am," answered Walter, smiling at a question which admitted of two or three significations. Jessie Graham 2011-09-21T02:00:30.653Z
It is evident that the poet used a "cycle" in the signification of a long period of years; but will posterity be able to find any authority for this use of the word? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 90, July 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-10-03T02:00:27.757Z
Figure 99, which we have already given on page 46, is one of great value to the inquirer into the signification of certain symbols. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z
It is otherwise in romantic art: here the wanderings of a knight have an esoteric signification; they typify, perhaps, the mazes of life in general. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z
A, B, C have, in the two cases respectively, metrical significations; but these we are not concerned with. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z
Upon the function of signification depend all foresight, all intelligent planning, deliberation, and calculation. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z
The names Baal and Moloch seem to have been, at first, different appellations of the Sun; later they assumed another signification, and were applied to distinct deities. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z
It represents a male and female figure dancing before the mystic palm-tree, into whose signification we need not enter beyond saying that it is a symbol of Asher. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z
In the Christian religion, on the contrary, there are no such clearly-defined figures, but stated facts—certain definite holy events and deeds, into which the poetical faculty of man could place a parabolic signification. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z
—Your Querist asks, "Has the word Mazer any signification in itself?" Notes and Queries, Number 84, June 7, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-12T02:00:27.427Z
The real primary signification is separation to God. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z
But, come now! explain, if you can, the signification of the promises which this Szekler has got out of me. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z
In like manner, the signification of an emblem may be unknown. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z
The signification is given along with, or through, the scene and the figures. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z
At another time, I might have been inclined to attach some semi-comical signification to the picture Maggie May held coaxingly out to me. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z
“Perfect” may be used here with the technical signification of “initiated,” but it means absolute moral completeness. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z
Any one who attentively considers all the passages in which the Charisma is discussed will observe that no uniform application of any one signification throughout is possible. Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:34.690Z
On the contrary, the same signification is manifestly indicated by the context, and forms the point of the whole lesson. Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:31.587Z
This custom of bathing with its religious signification is something that cannot find its likeness anywhere else, either in northeastern Asia, or in China, or in Korea. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z
They used also to seize some, and shut them up in prison year and day, without any signification of the cause of their imprisonment. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z
The signification of the principal word and the relation expressed by the preposition may be variously determined. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z
It is admitted by many of those who think that in this case the latter signification must be adopted that grammatically either interpretation is permissible. Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:34.690Z
The words of Dionysius need not receive any wider signification than a reference to well-known Epistles. Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:31.587Z
Before entering into details, it is necessary, however, to say something about the change in the signification of government. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z
It has been with this especial signification entitled the Treaty of America, and is the first which appears to have been dictated by a mutual disposition to establish peace in the West Indies. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z
That word again has a wider signification in Biblical, than in nineteenth century English. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z
My purpose is to restore the word nation to its original signification, in which it expresses the same as the word race, including, besides, the idea of some sort of political organization. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z
The word in that signification appears to have been decidedly obnoxious to him, for he had previously banned it in a letter to Jared Eliot. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z
This line must be drawn by first making clear the signification of the historic age, and not by defining the term "prehistoric." An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z
And if by examples you can insinuate the signification of these few words, you have taught him the whole flexion of the verb. The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; 2011-08-14T02:00:22.973Z
In India and Europe it retained its original signification, and became of evil import only in Persia, in consequence of the triumph of Zoroastrianism. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z
Again, we speak of mind, and though in theory we consider it as a synonyme of soul, in practical application it has a very different signification. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z
It has had this signification from the very earliest times of Christianity, for the early Fathers spoke of dying to self to have a higher and a nobler life. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z
In the proper sense, mercenary means remunerative, and should have no condemnatory signification. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z
Frequently, indeed, and most fitly, it was used to designate an army; but we deny that it was employed exclusively in that signification. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, March 1865 2011-07-30T02:00:17.007Z
But I could not avoid the temptation to pause a little over this singular curiosity, with a lurking disposition to catechise conjecture, respecting its probable signification and end. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z
I make use at almost every moment of a term comprising in its extensive signification a collection of ideas which it is important to define accurately: civilization. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z
Such, as it appears to me, is the true intention and signification of this and similar pictures. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z
There are three words—consciousness, conscience, and conscientiousness—very much alike to the ear but very different in signification. A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z
That twenty-five years ago we were approaching too great uniformity in the signification of degrees, I suppose most educators now admit. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z
The proper name of Paracelsus; “probably acquired,” says Mr. Browning in a note to Paracelsus, “from the characteristic phraseology of his lectures, that unlucky signification which it has ever since retained.” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z
In the case of certain Greek verbs, the preterite in form is invariably present in signification. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z
We are too gross to be capable of understanding the signification of the dream, the vision, or the sudden presage, or of divining the source of the premonition or its import. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z
Common sense gives to words their ordinary signification. A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z
To become true formal elements, all such adjuncts must have completely lost their independent signification; because if they retain it, their material content requires qualification and relation just as any other stem word. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z
These apparently indifferent words, which the old counsellor pronounced with a peculiar emphasis, had to Sir Lav� a serious and fearful signification, that deprived him of the power of utterance. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z
What, then, is the signification to the people of Britain whether the person called the pretender be legitimate, or no? Reasons against the Succession of the House of Hanover with an Enquiry How far the Abdication of King James, supposing it to be Legal, ought to affect the Person of the Pretender 2011-07-07T02:00:26.913Z
Footnote 1: The word Runes is here used in its original signification,--that of mystery or secret. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z
Dogvane was a little taken aback at having been overheard, but he soon recovered himself and was ready to argue that if his words were taken properly they could bear no such signification. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z
The signification then alters, and indicates an habitual action or quality. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z
The mysterious warning, and the summons to vigilance, associated with this fond memorial, had, to him, a signification that almost forbade him to think of himself and his affection. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z
The signification of the terms--student life, burschen life--thence derived, is plain enough of perception. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z
So when we have learned the signification of the word Person, we shall attribute the same meaning to all three words, using them interchangeably. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z
Not a movement of her hand, a turn of her head, an inflexion of her voice, but has its signification and produces its effect. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z
The tense signs are all without signification, being single letters or syllables. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z
All these writers have failed to observe, that the appellation Tatar lost all signification in Asia under the destroying power of Genghis Khan, and has ever since existed only in the European vocabulary. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z
But numbers of the maidens and young ladies bound ribands on the significant tree, eloquent with so many significations, thereby proclaiming the strength, the desires, the sentiments, and hopes of their hearts. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z
The names may have had many origins whose signification is lost, owing to their being misunderstood. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z
They, however, catch with facility the profane expressions of the whites, which they use with great readiness, and without understanding their signification. The City of the Mormons or, Three Days at Nauvoo, in 1842 2011-06-23T02:00:26.503Z
The signification of these can generally be clearly ascertained, and thus are united closely to the stem. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z
Another example may be given of a different nature, but of identical signification. Mentally Defective Children 2011-06-19T02:00:24.963Z
What especially struck me in the apartment, were the various decorations which adorned the walls in gay rows, and the signification of which our host politely explained to me. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z
Certainly there is still a word dubbeh in Arabic having this signification. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z
Evidently he is mistaken, for the signification is both quantitative and qualitative. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z
The modes have definite signs, but these are merely appended, and some have separate significations. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z
The false signification she attached to the word "Mercedes," largely aided in the delusion, and it was completed by the manly tenderness and care with which our hero treated her on all occasions. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z
We understand by a Commers, as it now exists, a festive assembly, which consecrates itself by a higher tone and signification by the singing of "The Landsfather." The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z
Perhaps, though, this glance had another signification, for the eyes of young women mean a great deal. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z
It is suggested that the works have an allegorical signification connected with art, and certainly three of them—the first, second, and fourth—could be so interpreted. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z
They consist of simple sounds, of no independent signification. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z
"Wife" and "husband" were words of which the Indian girl had early learned the signification, and she smiled guilelessly, even while she blushed, and nodded her assent. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z
The Epistles of Paul, however,—glowing, eloquent, devout, impressive as they are—contain no interior or spiritual signification. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z
Some become equivocal by changing their signification, and some fall obsolete, one cannot 148 tell why, for custom or caprice arbitrate, guided by no law, and often with an unmusical ear. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z
The term "grace" as applied in art has so many significations that it is difficult to deal with one of them without confusion. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z
Some tenses have two different forms, without any change in signification. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z
When a word had divers significations, "that should be kept which had been most commonly used by the ancient Fathers, being agreeable to the propriety of the place and the analogy of faith." The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z
Tryambo, in like-manner, is one of the most common appellations of the Indian Bacchus, but we are not aware of its signification. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z
Modern literature, in adopting the term, has applied it to a different purpose from its original signification. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z
"Matter," "substance," "existence," are three words having the same signification in the Atheist's vocabulary. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z
There used to be a song sung at Ascension-tide on the occasion of the marriage of the doge with the Adriatic, of which the signification of the words was lost and only the sound preserved. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z
How unfortunate that in a revelation words are used which are to be understood as meaning something different from the real signification. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z
The word nevertheless exists with the most determined signification. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z
Which book, together with his Majties signification to me, by these worthy and faithful gents, I received both speedily and safely. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z
If his mode of defining the word be contested, then it has no meaning other than its relative signification, of a means to an end. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z
Let childhood look forward, and age backward; is not this the signification of Janus’ double face? French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z
But the old Norse myth had a deeper signification than merely an explanation of the moon-spots. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z
The earlier star cult is recognized in the signification attached to the four central posts. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z
Don Quixote was much comforted by this prophecy, quickly comprehending the whole signification thereof; for he saw that it promised him the felicity of being joined in holy wedlock with his beloved Dulcinea del Toboso. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z
I do not suppose that will and desire are words of precisely the same signification: will seems to be a word of a more general signification, extending to things present and absent. A Review of Edwards's 2011-04-27T02:00:19.047Z
He had written the letter as dictated, and, while occupied in translating it into his native tongue, he had given but little heed to its true signification. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z
I do not mean to insist on the literal signification, but I plead that there is no improbability in our Lord’s words being fulfilled to the letter. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z
But this is not the only signification of the term passive in common use. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z
A new term was wanted to take the place of patesi, which had thus come to have a secular as well as a religious signification. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z
The meaning of a word with um is suggested by the context and the signification of the root to which it is joined. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z
Nor are they so in the exact signification of the word. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z
It may often be translated as 'fame'; but it has in reality a wider and more pious signification. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z
When he says, that he employs the word in this sense, one would suppose that, as a great metaphysician, he referred to some one of its precise and definite significations; but no such thing. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z
But the first signification of the term was “the host of heaven,” the stars of El above whom the king of Babylon sought to erect his throne. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z
Compound words with ne, sen, mal, have also a negative signification, and such words are often employed with a negative to express an affirmative assertion. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z
When Henry Harding first read these words on his way to Rome—for the letter of introduction was an open one—he thought nothing of their signification. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z
From the Athenian republic down to the twentieth century all philosophers and jurists have been trying to define the exact signification of that word marriage; none of them have ever succeeded. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z
The Hussar officer has been long enough in Herefordshire to have learnt the local signification of "tidy"—synonymous with "well-behaved." Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z
And what makes the agreement the stronger is the fact that the ideographs have nothing to do with the signification of the name itself; they express simply its pronunciation. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z
The signification of the tenses is the same as in the active voice, except, of course, that the subject of a passive verb is acted upon. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z
This was not the name that passed from the lips of the bandit; but one of like signification—Lucetta. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z
The Kakemono would be the chosen ones having some signification of felicity. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z
Stelfox Steele imparts a strangely furtive signification to the ear, and yet its owner is about the richest man and biggest operator on our little globe. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z
The name of God calls up other associations and ideas; the very word “divine” has a different signification in the ancient and the modern world among Eastern and Western peoples. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z
Sidi has sometimes the signification "to be" in some defined place. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z
This is taking the line in its most literal signification, but the expression probably was meant only as proverbial. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z
Each word, which always has one signification, be it a noun or a verb, has only one sound. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z
Hence the notions of potentia and actus have been extended widely beyond their primary signification of power to act and the exercise of this power. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z
The Sumerians never advanced to the further stage of making the vital principle itself a separable quality; perhaps the original signification of the word which it never lost would have prevented this. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z
In English these verbs are used both transitively and intransitively, but if we wish to give them a transitive signification in Esperanto we must add the suffix -IGI. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z
Here he follows the same arrangement already adopted—speaking first of places, and then of time, and showing, as he proceeds, the manner in which poets have changed or corrupted the original signification of words. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z
In the broad signification the lords were also included in the category of Samurai. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z
Henry Holtspur!” cried several in a breath, as if the name was not new to them, but had some peculiar signification. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z
And when primitive conceptions become the commonplaces of literature, their true signification is lost or blurred. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z
Its different meanings are easily suggested by the context and the signification of the root to which it is joined. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z
Esp., or more recent ones, probably on account of its indecent signification The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z
The third row is allotted to the pawns, which we call foot-soldiers,—the same signification as yours. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z
There was an instinct on the part of the spectators that he was the people’s friend, and, in those tyrannous times, the phrase had an important signification. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z
The error is the natural result of the reaction from the older methods of interpretation, which found allegories in the simplest of texts, and mystical significations in the plainest words. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z
He should bear in mind that MAL- denotes the exact opposite of the root, and therefore it may be much stronger in signification than the mere negative ne = not, or the privative sen = without. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z
Furthermore, many of the signs used as numerals had fixed symbolical significations, and were not meant to be taken as literal quantities. Chapters of Bible Study A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Sacred Scriptures 2011-03-27T02:00:12.580Z
Seceding from these, for reasons not known, the Seminoles passed southward into Florida; and obtained from their former kindred the name they now bear, which in their own tongue has the signification of “runaway.” Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z
The silence was unexpectedly broken, by a voice that had not yet mingled in the chorus; and which was now heard in clear, firm tones, pronouncing a phrase of very different signification:—“the people!” The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z
We have a very common slang word in the North—"yap"—with the same signification, which may have come from the same source, though more probably from the provincial English "yap," to yelp or bark. The Word Hoosier; John Finley Indiana Historical Society Publications, Volume IV, Number 2 2011-03-21T02:00:12.857Z
For the signification of ordinal numerals, the termination of the adjective is added; for the multiple—the suffix -obl, for the fractional—on, for the collective—op, for the distributive—the word po. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z
Thus it happens that the same written characters may denote different things, sometimes contradictory, unless living tradition could supply the true signification. Chapters of Bible Study A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Sacred Scriptures 2011-03-27T02:00:12.580Z
The word “fort” calls up before the mind a massive structure, with angles and embrasures, bastions and battlements, curtains, casemates, and glacis—a place of great strength, for this is its essential signification. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z
The absence of any footmarks leading inward had a signification of another kind. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z
The essential point is that Indiana and her people had nothing whatever to do with its origin or its signification. The Word Hoosier; John Finley Indiana Historical Society Publications, Volume IV, Number 2 2011-03-21T02:00:12.857Z
The words still retain the signification of the tense of the participle. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z
The true signification in each passage is not always clear from the context, and critics are frequently at a loss to divine the sense intended by the writer. Chapters of Bible Study A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Sacred Scriptures 2011-03-27T02:00:12.580Z
Occasionally there were phrases muttered so loudly that I could catch their sound, and from what had already transpired, was enabled to apprehend something of their signification. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z
Not that he had himself any doubt as to its true signification. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z
This by no means exhausts, however, the significations which we may look for in a work of Dante's. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z
Every preposition, but one, in Esperanto has a fixed and definite signification, and great care must be taken to use the preposition which gives the meaning we wish to convey. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z
This would give the word Jerusalem simply a moral signification. Chapters of Bible Study A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Sacred Scriptures 2011-03-27T02:00:12.580Z
There was a “head chief”—king he could not be called—for “Mico,” his Indian title, has not that signification. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z
Such must have been its signification: for at sight of this individual—the moment after advancing along the path—the shadow on her countenance sensibly deepened. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z
The marks in the Crown flaxes have the following signification:— K means Crown and is usually the base mark. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z
NE is a primary adverb, meaning "no," "not," and is often used as a prefix to give a negative signification to a word, as:—Plena = complete, full, neplena = incomplete, not full. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z
The teacher of revelation, in its first and most important signification, is Christ. Chapters of Bible Study A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Sacred Scriptures 2011-03-27T02:00:12.580Z
He reads the telegram three times before he fully grasps its signification; and it is quite two minutes before it occurs to him to look at its date. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z
Vestis expedita is not, we believe, a classical Latin phrase, and its signification may perhaps admit of some doubt; but it ought to mean rather a light than a tight dress. Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I 2011-03-12T03:00:27.327Z
And this is what is wanted; it gives marriage a religious signification, and it thus becomes a kind of semi-sacrament. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z
Errors concerning the sacrament, and its signification, and the manner of administering it, grew rapidly in the professed Christian churches during the early centuries of the Christian era. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z
I heard bursting from his lips the secrets of the underworld, and the word of dread, "Ishakshar," the signification of which I must be excused from giving. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z
A--well, yes, a little--not very much, but a little," answers Nikolai, "and only in the best signification of the word. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z
There is no word that has admitted of more various significations, and has made more different impressions on human minds, than that of liberty. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z
He was a Christian, according to the purest and simplest signification of the word. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z
Satan is conversant with the moral aspects of things and uses adjectives; Mephistopheles has a preference for nouns, and uses adjectives only to convey significations which he knows to exist. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z
Yet, in spite of what I have said, I must confess to you that I am no materialist, taking the word of course in its usual signification. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z
When we say, The town is built of marble, we give the hearer what may be entirely new information, and this merely by the signification of the many-worded connotative name, "built of marble." A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. I 2011-03-01T03:00:43.470Z
But in this place their broadest signification is in perfect accordance with the scope of the passage and with the whole tenor of the Scripture. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z
We thus arrive at the extended signification of number as a continuously varying positive or negative magnitude. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z
Teufel was actually the strongest signification he had; and, whenever he was excited to his highest emotional pitch, it came in to assist his utterance at the climax, and give him a correspondingly powerful expression. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z
There is the difference in signification, we may say, that there is, in character, between the Landlord of the “Tabard” and the Gentle Knight. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z
Indeed, it is so, and more if one keep in mind the signification in which the Mandayas understand it, according to the ancient and constant oral tradition received from their ancestors. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z
Political prudence, according to usage, often has or may bear an unfavorable and evil signification. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z
They are to be differentiated from myth by the fact that they have never assumed any religious or symbolic signification. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z
I have adopted the word "Neolithic" for want of a better term, although the signification of the word is appropriate to the period it is intended to represent. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z
"Oh, Tom, dear Tom!" whispered his sister, in dismay at a speech so certain to be accepted in its least pleasing signification. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z
They have seven heavens and seven hells, each with its distinctive signification. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z
Dictionary of the English Language: in which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:34.387Z
Until they were quite within his grasp, he could afford to shut into the background what their ultimate signification should be. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z
Dr. Keller, of Zurich, examined the objects, and at once came to a right understanding as to their signification. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z
Habit carried him to synagogue, where he sang the Sabbath hymn, 'Come, my beloved, to meet the bride,' with strange sweet tears and a complete indifference to its sacred allegorical signification. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z
It had no signification—at least none that was evil—and in mistaking it for the glance of a guilty passion I had erred—deeply wronging her. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z
There could be no doubt as to the signification of this sound. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z
The Hussar officer has been long enough in Herefordshire to have learnt the local signification of “tidy”—synonymous with “well-behaved.” Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z
The meaning of words, as used in the nineteenth century, is not to be connected with their signification as used in the past. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z
That finally the remainder gradually lost the descriptive significations at first attached to them, and acquired the character of mere arbitrary or conventional names! Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z
I heard the word asesino ringing in my ears, with other epithets of like fearful signification, as the girl rushed up to the spot where I stood. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z
Had I known the real signification of what had just transpired, I might have acted with more promptitude, and ten times the energy. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z
The Greek word ἐλεγεία is of doubtful signification; it is usually interpreted as meaning a mournful or funeral song. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z
If Adam had ancestors, the leaving of them out has no signification, as it was not uncommon to drop the name of unimportant persons. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z
This word, Iri, “an Eye,” and its signification, are only known to us through Plutarch. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z
Swellings, purple botches, and black carbuncles, are respectable terms, which have a good and proper signification; but I say they have nothing to do with the question. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z
In giving this enlarged signification to the terms Algic and Ostic, reference has been had to the requisitions of a general philological classification. Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends 2011-02-04T03:00:18.247Z
They are neither "seamen" nor "countrymen," in the usual signification of these words, but a compound of both; combining the careless, free-and-easy air of the one, with the awkwardness and simplicity of the other. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z
From hence it follows that a word cannot rhyme to it self, tho' the signification be different; as He Leaves to the Leaves, &c. The Art of English Poetry (1708) 2011-01-29T03:00:20.010Z
An eclogue, perhaps, in its primary signification was a selected piece. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z
The expressions, he shall die, he shall be cut off from the people, which are so often used in the Mosaic law, embrace three very different significations, which we are accustomed to confound. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z
The celebrated sculptor, Mr. Woolner, informs me of one little peculiarity in the external ear, which he has often observed both in men and women, and of which he perceived the full signification. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z
All the letters outward shall be delivered gratis with a signification of Post Payd on the superscription; and reciprocally, we expect all to us free. Dutch and English on the Hudson A Chronicle of Colonial New York 2011-01-17T03:00:47.770Z
How broad has the signification of this word got to be! The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z
There were temples, indeed, before the Incas, but they differed both in style and in signification from those reared under their patronage. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z
But we are not hence to conclude that the phrase has always such a signification. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z
It is in part synonymous with our word “field,” which we have changed from its ancient form, and partly from its signification. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z
As he looks on at the Protestants squabbling over the signification of biblical passages, the Colonel laughingly says: "It is to be regretted that your deity did not express himself more clearly." Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z
It is to be observed, therefore, that Max M�ller is careful to avoid any ethnological signification. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens"
The words translated "as a bed" would be literally rendered "and the bed;" but the signification is that which I have expressed. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments
It will now be necessary to consider more particularly the nature of the crime of blasphemy, in its larger signification, as it may be deduced from the law of God. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z
This apology inflamed the Queen still more: she ordered him immediately to leave her presence, and wait the signification of her pleasure in the adjoining room. John Knox
The inoffensive word was the more readily adopted by the classes who had least notion of its signification. A Cursory History of Swearing
ARYAN, a term which has been used in a confusing variety of significations by different philologists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens"
On the other hand, the Greek word τέχνη, with its distinct suggestion of the root signification to make or get, acted probably as a safeguard against this tendency. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of"
They mingle more of utility with their idea of the signification. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16
Oh, what is education—the alphabet in all its combinations and significations—to this! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7
But he could conjecture their signification, by the reply of Cortes. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico
There is ground also for supposing that they may at first have been used with a specific or restricted local application, a more extended signification having eventually been given to them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens"
Properly it is of narrower signification than insolvent, an insolvent person simply being unable to pay all his debts. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis
Beer is a more general term than ale, being often used for any kind of fermented malt liquor, including porter, though it is also used in a more special signification. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide
All authorities agree in declaring the race to be Semitic in the broadest ethnological signification of that term, but some thought they saw in this division of the race an indication of a dual origin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral"
This is true; however, Opinion is a word of various significations, and I prefer to use it in my own. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent
The term astrology had none of the unfortunate or derisory signification that it has at the present time. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time
But the political signification of the name had, under the democratic government of Athens, become entirely different from that which it bore in other more aristocratic constitutions. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2
Ad′verb, one of the parts of speech used to limit or qualify the signification of an adjective, verb, or other adverb; as, very cold, naturally brave, much more clearly, readily agreed. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide
For quickness in seizing the signification of a gesture, a glance, a tone, I do not hesitate, if my opinion have the slightest value, to give the palm to the Scotch. Friend Mac Donald
Whatever our opinion as to its signification, osmotic growth demands the attention of every mind devoted to the study of nature. The Mechanism of Life
I have long studied the special signification of the word t�ckisch, which I have never heard so frequently as when the talk has been of peasants. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I.
With Lucilius, satire, while retaining its dramatic and discursive character, became didactic as well, and thus the word assumed its modern signification. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes
Now in inquiring into the meaning of the symbol of the wolf in this signification, it may be first remarked that it is a beast of prey. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2
A strange allegorical signification of bells after their baptism was written by Durandus, the great p. 335Catholic authority, for the mysterious services of the church.  Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations
One of the results of the extraordinary tyranny of authority is that words are absolutely distorted from their proper and simple meaning, and are used to express the obverse of their right signification. Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
The signification in literary history of these songs of Heine is not to be underestimated. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16
Its origin and exact signification are unknown; but it is believed to be an Indian, and perhaps Aztec, term of scorn and opprobrium. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1
In this place nothing more can be said as to the meaning of the word Macedonis, before the precise signification of some other names has been determined. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2
The very sounds in the language which composed their names could no longer be appropriated to ordinary significations. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II
The words “lao-shih” mean literally “old and solid,” or in a derived sense gentle, tractable, from which again arises a third signification of stupid, and gullible. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology
The exact signification of these words is obscure. The Story of Books
Later critics differ ingeniously about the precise origins and significations of many of these prehistoric figures. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII
A fountain in Arab signification does not mean a jet of water, but simply a place where water can be obtained. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu
We human beings are like mirrors, reflecting something of the universe, and the signification of ourselves in that universe.... Lafcadio Hearn
Many of these stanzas are called the stanzas of ‘The Mountain Snow,’ from the circumstance of their commencing with ‘Eiry Mynydd,’ which has that signification The Welsh and Their Literature from The London Quarterly Review, January 1861, American Edition
Under Provinces, Dens were organized, which, so far as territorial dominion is concerned, had only a neighborhood signification. K. K. K. Sketches, Humorous and Didactic Treating the More Important Events of the Ku-Klux-Klan Movement in the South. With a Discussion of the Causes which gave Rise to it, and the Social and Political Issues Emanating from it.
These expressions, which are neither Thibetian nor Mongol, are nevertheless used by every one, yet no one can explain their origin and true signification Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2
To use the word again, though with another signification, though ruler still, he has but a shadowy power. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu
The series of letters to Mrs. Atkinson, of which I have been given possession for use in this sketch of Hearn's life, have an entirely different signification to those already referred to. Lafcadio Hearn
But though the word thus received a new signification from Aristotle, it is not on that account certain that the thing it was taken to signify was equally a novelty in philosophy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt"
He was entitled Grand Cyclops, and under him was an officer known as Exchequer, whose duties had a twofold signification, and applied to the administration of the treasury and recording secretaryship. K. K. K. Sketches, Humorous and Didactic Treating the More Important Events of the Ku-Klux-Klan Movement in the South. With a Discussion of the Causes which gave Rise to it, and the Social and Political Issues Emanating from it.
Compact felspar is a name of more vague signification. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology
What a country would it be if the same spirit of nationality were to prevail from the Baltic to the Black Sea, and "Germany" have a political signification as well as a geographical one! Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II)
It shows an intimate and comprehensive acquaintance with the language, and a nice discrimination between the significations of words having a greater or less similarity of meaning. Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes
The law, however, excepts losses or injuries occasioned immediately “by the act of God or the king’s enemies”—words which have long had a strict technical signification. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli"
He then began to explain the signification of having service in the church at midnight. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I.
The figurative signification of the word camarilla, which, in its literal sense, means a little chamber, is almost too well known, even out of Spain, for an explanation of it to be necessary. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845
This is the signification given to those days. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I.
One peculiarity of this solemn procession was the tying of the right and left hand of each couple, which had some religious signification. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896
This is the lai, a term which is used in old French poetry with two different significations. A Short History of French Literature
Berkeley says the French word "champignon" was originally scarcely of wider signification than our word "mushroom," though now classical in the sense of fleshy fungi generally. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous
The word has a cruel signification, but you did not mean it unkindly.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852
There is only one word in it—that rendered “excess”—which is new, and consequently of doubtful signification. Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments
The group of three monkeys, blind, deaf and dumb, and the "sleeping cat," all have religious signification. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896
Stambuli replied that it was an ornament which had no special signification, and Wad Suleiman then pulled it off the child's neck and kept it. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892
I can only state that the etymological signification of Arya seems to be “one who ploughs or tills,” and that it is connected with the root of arare. Lectures on The Science of Language
The owners are obliged to instruct them all in the Catholic faith, and they are each baptized as soon as they can understand the signification of the ceremony. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time
Thus, the barren fig-tree of the New Testament had a deep signification to all who were familiar with these poetic and p. 210mystic “correspondences.” Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series
The placing of this is a religious ceremony, with a religious signification. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896
Plan of the organized part of the Province of Upper Canada, according to a Bill which has passed the two Houses, and is reserved for the signification of the Royal Pleasure, 1798. The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
“Paying belonging to me,” equals “I have paid;” in either case a phrase originally possessive, took a temporal signification, and became a past or perfect tense. Lectures on The Science of Language
This is not the moment to recall that the phrase social democracy has had in France many significations from 1837 to 1848, all of which were based upon a vague sentimentalism. Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History
He attended various philosophical lectures; but, in the recesses of his mind, all he heard assumed a theological, or, more strictly speaking, a Catholic signification. Black Forest Village Stories
Occasionally this was not a pleasant call to make, but this morning it had no such signification. Helen Grant's Schooldays
We erected a cross in every township, and explained its signification to the inhabitants, and what great veneration was due to it. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain.
And just round the gate-post we saw a flash of red and white and blue and black that told us, with dumb signification, that the pig was off in exactly the opposite direction. The Wouldbegoods
The children, however, do not trouble themselves about the serious signification; but only take pleasure in the movements of the boats and in splashing the water.' Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist
The whole sacred signification of that blessed word overpowered her. Gertrude's Marriage
The uninstructed soon changed the cole into cold and substituted hot for the other extreme of temperature, thus entirely changing the signification. Every-Day Errors of Speech
This is not only its signification, but its meaning. Three Prize Essays on American Slavery
I dare not fully enter into ALL the important significations of these positions and configurations. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853)
Her sudden departure might have this signification, as though to say, 'I will spare you any comment; I will seem even not to have apprehended you.' Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day
"The heavens be your bed, any way," said a hard-featured little woman, with an accent that gave the blessing a very different signification from the mere words. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago
Hardly means scarcely, and the use of don't or can't gives an opposite signification to the sentence. Every-Day Errors of Speech
For instance, what is the true signification of that immense mass of territory and population, known by the name of China to us? A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time
Here, as in the villanelle, a change of signification in the repeated lines is thought to add to the charm of the form. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History
In British India it has a prejudicial signification, but not so in Afghanistán. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches
"Admire" has the same signification in Windsor Forest. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition
The word is evidently a perversion, but it has gained a permanent footing in its present signification. Every-Day Errors of Speech
CORNET, a word having two distinct significations and two etymological histories, both, however, ultimately referable to the same Latin origin:— 1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume"
Those villanelles are considered most highly finished in which the refrain recurs with slightly different significations. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History
Her mind appeared to partake of the mournful signification of her name, and, even during her gayest moments, she was always tinged with sadness. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia
He meant that Arbuthnot was able to go about again, which was still one of the commonest significations of the phrase. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition
I am a soldier tired, very tired of war's alarms, and very eager for peace in its best of all significations. A Rent In A Cloud
"I hope sincerely, sir, that the word may bear a peaceful signification." The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life
Its real signification seems unknown, but may be conjectured from the following passages. The Lay of Havelok the Dane
The familiar signification of en pirouette is whirling the body around rapidly upon the toes of one foot, the other foot being rather indecorously raised. Josephine Makers of History
In this present of an apple lies a deeply hidden signification; yet who can probe it but the wise maiden who has there concealed it? Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors
“Business” has a more extensive signification than “trade.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere"
"Satisfaction, is it?" broke in Dalton, catching at the only word that struck his ear with a distinct signification. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life
No signification was attached to the above-mentioned incident till years after, when every one had forgotten all about it, Gyuri included. St. Peter's Umbrella
And as his eyes rekindled, Eden told herself that his attitude could have but one signification. Eden An Episode
Freedom in its signification as to culture and civilisation is now completely misunderstood and underrated, and even considered an idle dream. Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory
Hindoos attached a mystic signification to its three sides, and generally placed it in their temples. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning
What if my Lady's refusal to receive this evening may have some signification in it? The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life
To determine whether this proposition be correct, we must look at the general signification of the term law. The Unconstitutionality of Slavery
In a comparative sense, “musical” may have the further signification of “euphonious.”—“My verses are too musical to bear setting to music,” a noted poet once remarked to me. Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music
White is connotative as signifying both a subject, such as Socrates, of whom "whiteness" is an attribute, and an attribute "whiteness": the names "Socrates" and "whiteness" are Absolute, as having but a single signification. Logic, Inductive and Deductive
As Dr. Giles says, "Christ" is "a name having no spiritual signification, and importing nothing more than an ordinary surname." Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning
Stone coal is also a local English term, but with a signification restricted to the substance known by mineralogists as anthracite. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade"
This word is no longer current, with this pronunciation or signification, except to a slight extent in England. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected
The opinions of the thinking part of mankind have been much divided concerning the signification of the term Reason. Sound Mind or, Contributions to the natural history and physiology of the human intellect
Throughout most of its uses it retains this much of a common signification, the fixing or determining of the boundaries of a class3 by making clear its constituent attributes. Logic, Inductive and Deductive
On the whole I see no reason to suppose that Cephas means anything but stone; certainly there is much less reason for the proposed signification of binder. Notes and Queries, Number 239, May 27, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
It must be borne in mind that the signification now attached to the word coal is different from that which formerly obtained when wood was the only fuel in general use. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade"
It may, however, be less improperly employed, where the sense invests it with more of a semblance to its literal signification: as, “This pair of chickens will weigh over seven pounds.” Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected
The "heaven is bright," of many vulgar painters, has precisely the same amount of signification; it means that they know nothing—will do nothing—are without thought—without care—without passion. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V)
But really it is not the grammatical function that he attends to, but the signification: and looking further at the examples, we see what differences of signification he had in his mind. Logic, Inductive and Deductive
Hence it has been regarded as of somewhat uncertain signification. Notes and Queries, Number 239, May 27, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
The words, partly taken from other dictionaries and partly supplied by himself, having been first written down with space left between them, he delivered in writing their etymologies, definitions, and various significations. Old and New London Volume I
“A courier is expected from Washington:” pronounce cou in courier so as to rhyme with too, never like currier; the two words have entirely distinct significations. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected
Thus far may we trace the apparent typical signification of the structure of those noble rocks. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V)
If you cannot, the categories are justified as an exhaustive division of significations. Logic, Inductive and Deductive
"For once" is apt, in such cases, to become a phrase of very extensive signification. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings
Let us widen the concept of humanism, dear to our forefathers, though its meaning has been narrowed down to the signification of Greek and Latin manuals. The Forerunners
“The basket is pretty large:” avoid, if possible, the use of the word pretty out of its legitimate signification; the language abounds with substitutes more elegant. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected
Some words have fallen into disuse; and the signification of others, in current popular use, is not the same now as it was when they were introduced into the version. Noah Webster American Men of Letters
This is the signification of the general name logically, its connotation or concept, the identical element of objective reference in all uses of a general name. Logic, Inductive and Deductive
These words have a signification in the case of different people as varied as the varieties of human habit and constitution. Household Papers and Stories
To-day we have to accept humanism in its widest signification, embracing all the spiritual forces of the whole world. The Forerunners
The following sentence affords an example of three words of similar pronunciation, but different signification: “It is not easy to pare a pear with a pair of scissors.” Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected
Certain social theorists have, of late years, proclaimed themselves to the puzzled public under the name and signification of "Young." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850.
He did not and could not succeed in dealing with separate words otherwise than as parts of sentences, owing their signification to their position as parts of a transient plexus of thought. Logic, Inductive and Deductive
In the Western Church the Rite became gradually dissociated from Baptism, although it has never lost its primary signification as a confirming, or strengthening, by the Holy Ghost of those who have been baptized. The Church Handy Dictionary
The supreme divinity had about fifty names: several of which agree in signification with those applied in the Old Testament to Jehovah. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852
Active verbs often take a neuter sense; as, “The house is building:” here, is building is used in a neuter signification, because it has no object after it. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected
What the "Division of Labor" Involves.—This is the real signification of what it has been common to call the division of labor. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy
Let it be granted that the word Socrates bears the same signification throughout all these and any number more of predicates, we may still ask: "But what is it that Socrates signifies?" Logic, Inductive and Deductive
Goods and chattels is a phrase which, in its widest signification, includes any property other than freehold. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago"
Another is, the perversion of a man’s words or deeds so as to give them a contrary appearance and signification to what was intended. Talkers With Illustrations
But the expression, “walking on a slippery morning,” and all others like it, of which a strictly literal interpretation will not give the designed signification, are to be avoided. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected
However precise the primitive signification of words may have been, imagination, passion, or feeling would readily train them to deflect from their original import, under the effusions of the "poet, the lunatic, or the lover." On the Nature of Thought or, The act of thinking and its connexion with a perspicuous sentence
A little indistinctness in the signification of P crept into mediæval text-books, and has tended to confuse modern disputation about the import of Predication. Logic, Inductive and Deductive
Under the evident, palpable signification of the words, there lies concealed something grander, and deeper, and broader; high as Heaven,—deep as Hell. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford
The names of virtue and vice do so nearly border in signification that it is easy to transfer them from one to another, and to give the best quality a bad name. Talkers With Illustrations
The word extravagant, in its primitive signification, only signified to digress from the subject. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3
It is one of the best means of securing that attention to the signification of words, which is so much wanted. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education
But, strictly speaking, "infallible" is of more limited and definite signification than not-fallible. Logic, Inductive and Deductive
We do not, perhaps, often enough consider the deep signification of this sentence. Frondes Agrestes Readings in 'Modern Painters'
It is a curious circumstance, however, which militates against this mystic art, that the same sign in different countries carries with it a very contrary signification. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851.
The combatants will usually be found willing to fight for words to which, perhaps, not one of them has attached any settled signification. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3
Income and outgo, for example, have quite definite meanings related, it is true, to come and go and to in and out, but sharply differentiated from those words in their ordinary and general signification. Compound Words Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #36
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