adsignifyv.

Brit.

/adˈsɪɡnᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ædˈsɪɡnəˌfaɪ/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin adsignificāre, assignificāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin adsignificāre (also assignificāre) to make evident, show, prove, (of words) to denote, mean < ad- ad- prefix + significāre signify v. Compare earlier adsignification n.

Grammar and Linguistics. Now rare.

transitive. To signify or indicate in addition, esp. through the use of grammar (as by declension, case, tense, etc.). Cf. earlier adsignification n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > meaning or signification > mean or signify [verb (transitive)] > mean when combined with something

consignify1646

adsignify1688

1688 S. Hoadly Nat. Method Teaching xiv. 56 [Nouns are declined] to adsignifie the Gender, as agnus, an he lamb, agna, a she lamb. .

1805 J. H. Tooke Επεα Πτεροεντα (ed. 2) II. 474 The other Participles..are indeed merely those Moods and Tenses, adjectived; and do truly therefore adsignify Manner and Time.

1897 W. Humphrey His Divine Majesty xii. 377 In whichever of those ways [God's divine] subsistence is adsignified.

1995 L. Campbell in J. Jacobs Syntax xix. 1140 Ramus..thought grammar should be concerned not with what is signified, but with what is ‘adsignified’..not with meaning but with usage/structure.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adsignify
释义	adsignifyv. Brit. /adˈsɪɡnᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ædˈsɪɡnəˌfaɪ/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin adsignificāre, assignificāre. Etymology: < classical Latin adsignificāre (also assignificāre) to make evident, show, prove, (of words) to denote, mean < ad- ad- prefix + significāre signify v. Compare earlier adsignification n. Grammar and Linguistics. Now rare. transitive. To signify or indicate in addition, esp. through the use of grammar (as by declension, case, tense, etc.). Cf. earlier adsignification n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > meaning or signification > mean or signify [verb (transitive)] > mean when combined with something consignify1646 adsignify1688 1688 S. Hoadly Nat. Method Teaching xiv. 56 [Nouns are declined] to adsignifie the Gender, as agnus, an he lamb, agna, a she lamb. . 1805 J. H. Tooke Επεα Πτεροεντα (ed. 2) II. 474 The other Participles..are indeed merely those Moods and Tenses, adjectived; and do truly therefore adsignify Manner and Time. 1897 W. Humphrey His Divine Majesty xii. 377 In whichever of those ways [God's divine] subsistence is adsignified. 1995 L. Campbell in J. Jacobs Syntax xix. 1140 Ramus..thought grammar should be concerned not with what is signified, but with what is ‘adsignified’..not with meaning but with usage/structure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1688
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