See Also: signification(dictionary)
signification(dictionary)
SIGNIFICATION, French law(law)

signification (iou)



signification noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin significatio(n-), from significat-, pa. ppl stem of significare SIGNIFY: see -ATION.]
The fact, property, or process of having or expressing meaning. ME.
R. Alter Which details to..connect with each other as patterns of signification.
A thing, event, action, etc., which signifies, symbolizes, or expresses something. Now rare. LME.
b. An indication of an idea, emotion, etc.; an intimation of a future event, spec. legal notification. LME.
C. Middleton Caesar..could never draw from the people any public signification of their favour.
c. An indication or trace of (the presence of) a physical thing. M16-E17.
That which is signified by something; implication or meaning, esp. of a word or phrase. Freq. foll. by of. LME.
R. L. Stevenson Set phrases, each with a special signification.
b. Importance, consequence, significance. Now rare or dial. M16.
significational adjective M20.