Definition of Significations

1. Noun. (plural of signification) ¹

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Definition of Significations

1. signification [n] - See also: signification

Lexicographical Neighbors of Significations

significance
significance level
significance levels
significances
significancies
significancy
significand
significands
significant
significant digit
significant figure
significant other
significant others
significantly
signification
significations (current term)
significative
significativity
significator
significatory
significs
signified
signifieds
signifier
signifiers
signifies
signifiest
signifieth
signify
signifying

Literary usage of Significations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lectures on Jurisprudence, Or, The Philosophy of Positive Law: Or, The by John Austin, Robert Campbell (1875)
"Taking the terms in these significations, all things are permanent, and no things are ... But, taking the terms in other significations, things may be ..."

2. Elements of American Jurisprudence by William Callyhan Robinson (1900)
"Of the Different significations of the Phrase "Common Law." "Common Law" is a name of many significations. Its broadest sense is that in which it has ..."

3. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1855)
"significations of the word "day."—10. Hours.—11. Their length in certain cases variable.—12. Vulgar and equinoctial hours.—13. Commencement of the day with ..."

4. Principles of the Law of Personal Property, Chattels and Choses: Including by Frank Hall Childs (1914)
"significations of Property. The word "property," in law, has two significations, meaning, first, "something owned;" and, second, "ownership. ..."

5. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1855)
"significations of the word "day."—10. Hours.—11. Their length in certain cases variable.—12. Vulgar and equinoctial hours.—13. Commencement of the day with ..."

6. Primeval Man: An Examination of Some Recent Speculations by George Douglas Campbell Argyll (1868)
"These great leading significations of the word Law all circle round the three great questions which Science asks of Nature, the What, the How, and the Why:— ..."

7. The Reign of Law by George Douglas Campbell Argyll (1871)
"These great leading significations of the word Law all circle round the three great questions which Science asks of Nature, the What, the How, ..."

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