consignificantadj.
/kɒnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/ rare.
1. Signifying in addition or secondarily.
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connotative1614
consignificant1635
connotational1947
1635 A. Gil Sacred Philos. Holy Script. viii. xxxiv. 148 So the [Hebrew] words with their consignificant numbers are taken.
2. Having the same signification.
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synonymous1610
synonymal1613
reciprocal1616
consignificanta1641
synonymical1645
a1641 H. Spelman Feuds & Tenures ii. 7 (R.) But I find not one of those words or any consignificant or equivalent to them, in all our Saxon laws.
3. Conjointly significant; having a meaning in combination.
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consignificant1612
consignificative1773
1612 J. Cotta Short Discouerie Dangers Ignorant Practisers Physicke 3 Some significant by themselues, some consignificant with others.
1751 J. Harris Hermes i. iii. 28 Those parts of Speech are always Consignificant, that is, are only significant, when associated to something else.
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