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ˈsignified, ppl. a. (n.)
[f. signify v.]
A. ppl. a. Indicated.
1638W. Mountagu in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 277 God fit us for the signified time. 1644Milton Areop. (Arb.) 33 More gently..then other Courts..would have endur'd the least signifi'd dislike. 1786A. Gib Sacr. Contempl. i. 33 A signified and sealed promise of eternal life.
B. absol. as n. That which is indicated; Linguistics and Semiotics = signifié (opp. signifier b).
1939L. H. Gray Foundations of Lang. 16 In the speaker's mind a concept arises... This concept is termed the signified. 1954, etc. [see signifier b]. |
