Signifiest vs Signifies - What's the difference?
signifiest | signifies |
(archaic) (signify)
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 signifiest and signifies
is that signifiest is archaic second-person singular of signify while signifies is third-person singular of signify.signifiest
English
Verb
(head)signify
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Verb
(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.