Signifying
['signifaiiŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Signify
Typist: Pansy
Examples
- All he had yet said, I could count as mere sound and fury, signifying nothing: not so of the present attack. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Their mamma, however, signifying acquiescence in the project, they fetched their bonnets, and the trio set out. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They are not aware his uproars are all sound and fury, signifying nothing! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is antithetical to random and ill-considered action,--ill-considered signifying ill-adapted. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Signifying in Quod, Miss? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Typist: Pansy