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Signifies |
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INDICATES |
Signifies |
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MARKS |
Signifies |
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SPELLS |
Signifies incantations |
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ENSIGN |
Often signifies portion of naval flag |
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SIGNIFICATOR |
One who, or that which, signifies. |
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ALTERCATION |
Noisy quarrel signifies change. Action needs to be moderated |
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EXCEEDINGLY |
To a very great degree; beyond what is usual;
surpassingly. It signifies more than very. |
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RESERVATION |
A term of canon law, which signifies that the pope
reserves to himself appointment to certain benefices. |
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O' |
A prefix to Irish family names, which signifies grandson or
descendant of, and is a character of dignity; as, O'Neil, O'Carrol. |
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MIRZA |
The common title of honor in Persia, prefixed to the surname
of an individual. When appended to the surname, it signifies Prince. |
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AB- |
A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away
, separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A-(6). |
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BAR |
The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in
courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies
in open court. |
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ANAGOGICAL |
Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the
rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of
the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication. |
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APO |
A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from,
away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off),
apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous. |
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UN- |
Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the
contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith,
unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. |
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COUSIN |
A title formerly given by a king to a nobleman,
particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by
the crown, it signifies any earl. |
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SUPPRESSION |
...tion;
as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which
signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without
ex... |
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SIGN |
That which, being external, stands for, or signifies,
something internal or spiritual; -- a term used in the Church of
England in speaking of a... |
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ALTO |
...unter-tenor,
voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices,
between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now si... |
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EQUALITY |
...udes
with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x
signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure
... |
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-ER |
...he agent; --
applied either to men or things; as in hater, farmer, heater, grater.
At the end of names of places, -er signifies a man of the pla... |
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AN |
...ly called the
indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number
only, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically... |
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TRANCSCENDENTAL |
...n knowledge,
or become transcendent. It simply signifies the a priori or necessary
conditions of experience which, though affording the conditio... |
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EX- |
...Gr. 'ex or 'ek
signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it
signifies out of, as, in exhale, exclude; off, from, or out. a... |