v.
Pronunciation: ' sig-n ə - ˌ f ī
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -fied ; -fy · ing
Etymology: Middle English signifien, from Anglo-French signifier, from Latin significare to indicate, signify, from signum sign
Date: 13th century
transitive verb
1 a : to be a sign of : MEAN b : IMPLY
2 : to show especially by a conventional token (as word, signal, or gesture)
intransitive verb
1 : to have significance : MATTER <it will not much signify what one wears ― Jane Austen>
2 : to engage in signifying