"signify" meaning in English

See signify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-signify.wav [UK] Forms: signify [canonical], signifies [third-person, singular], signified [past], signified [past, participle], signifying [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|signif|y}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you give a souvenir to someone to signify something, it is said that the souvenir represents what you feel.
    Sense id: simple-signify-en-verb-SckIda31
     
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