Signified vs Signifies - What's the difference?
signified | signifies |
(linguistics, structuralism) The concept or idea evoked by a sign.
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To give (something) a meaning or an importance.
To show one’s intentions with a sign etc.
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare)
* (rfdate) (Jonathan Swift)
To mean; to betoken.
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare)
As verbs the difference between signified and signifies
is that signified is (signify) while signifies is .As a noun signified
is (linguistics|structuralism) the concept or idea evoked by a sign.signified
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(en-noun)Verb
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*signifies
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(head)signify
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(en-verb)- I'll to the king; and signify to him / That thus I have resign'd my charge to you.
- The government should signify to the Protestants of Ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied.
- A tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing.