单词 | consignify |
释义 | consignifyv. rare. To signify conjointly; to mean or signify when combined with something. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > meaning or signification > mean or signify [verb (intransitive)] > mean when combined with something consignify1646 connote1786 the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > meaning or signification > mean or signify [verb (transitive)] > mean when combined with something consignify1646 adsignify1688 1646 J. Gregory Notes & Observ. xxxiv. 150 And such a one..as might very well be in company and consignifie with that worke of God, that strange worke. 1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 67 The tythes in this place, do together with the said proportion, consignify the use of it, viz. the maintenance of the clergy. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. i. §6. 46 Words..such as consignifie and serve to circumstantiate other words with which they are joyned. 1786 J. H. Tooke Επεα Πτεροεντα ix. 325 The cypher, which has no value of itself, and only serves (if I may use the language of Grammarians) to connote and consignify, and to change the value of the figures. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < v.1646 |
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